Lockheed Martin, Filecoin Foundation to Explore Hosting Blockchain Nodes in Space
The two plan to identify a test mission by August 2022.
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May 23, 2022 at 3:36 p.m. UTC
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Justin Sun Reveals He Was Secret $28M Bidder for Seat on Bezos’ Spaceship
The Tron founder is planning to nominate and pay for five crew members to accompany him on his short trip to space next year.
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Dec 22, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 27, 2021
With crypto markets trading sideways and a look at how crypto is beginning to facilitate the market of deep space exploration, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
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Sep 27, 2021 at 4:19 p.m. UTC
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Space Is the Place for Crypto
Lunar payloads, asteroid mining, deep space commerce. Where we boldly go, so will crypto.
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Sep 16, 2021 at 4:59 p.m. UTC
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Valid Points: New Deposits to Ethereum 2.0 Reach Record High in May
Eth 2.0 deposits hit a record high last month, and now the first Ethereum node has launched into outer space where it now resides aboard the ISS.
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Jun 9, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
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Consensus 2021: Bitcoin and the Space Race
From funding exploration to satellite-based bitcoin mining, the worlds of space and blockchain technology have many overlaps.
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May 3, 2021 at 3:24 p.m. UTC
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JPMorgan Carried Out 'Nerdy' Test of Blockchain Payments in Space, Exec Says
The experiment was to trial payments for the internet of things in a "fully decentralized way," said Umar Farooq.
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Feb 24, 2021 at 3:39 p.m. UTC
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SpaceChain Awarded $585K Grant to Co-Develop Decentralized Satellite System
U.K.-based SpaceChain beat 13 other national applicants to secure the funding.
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Dec 10, 2020 at 11:40 a.m. UTC
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Villanova University to Send Private Ethereum Blockchain Into Space to Test Inter-Satellite Communication
Villanova’s project is slated for liftoff on Nov. 20 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Oct 21, 2020 at 6:46 p.m. UTC
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A Bitcoin Wallet Is Orbiting the Earth at 5 Miles Per Second
Bitcoin is flying (super) high thanks to SpaceChain's new space-based wallet.
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Dec 9, 2019 at 12:38 a.m. UTC
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