The Bitcoin come a long way since it was first introduced to the world of technology addicts by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. And now, for the first time, the history of space travel was made with the digital currency.
Genesis Mining, a major Bitcoin mining company in the cloud, recently held the first financial transaction peer (P2P) space.
Seeking a way to promote awareness of Bitcoin at the same time teach people about its benefits as a leader for digital currencies, Genesis Mining decided to send bitcoins into space was the perfect way to achieve your goal.
Talking to the Bitcoin Magazine, Marco Streng, president and co-founder daGenesis Mining, said the Bitcoin community began using the catchphrase "to the moon" when the growth of digital currency was increasing rapidly. For the company, this was a way of saying that still thinks that possible ambition.
"We hope that its value and the value it (the Bitcoin) returns the world will continue to grow, and we firmly believe that there are no limits to your success," Streng said.
With the growing interest in private space programs and increasing the possibility of space tourism, agenesis Mining decided to demonstrate how Bitcoin is easy to use by sending it into space. Streng adds, however, that sending the currency to the moon itself is still beyond the reach of the company for now.
"Although we knew that send Bitcoin to the moon could prove difficult in the short term, the middle atmosphere was a pretty amazing feat for cryptocurrency, so we decided to undertake the project," he said.
Surrounded by the lush green of the rolling hills and blue skies of Sheffield in England, the team released its climate balloon carrying a printed bitcoin 3D and a Bitcoin wallet. Initially, the goal was to exceed 20 km, which is above the Armstrong range (altitude beyond which humans can not survive without a pressure suit), and send a bitcoin for the portfolio.
In space, there are many layers. What we know as "average atmosphere" is the region of Earth's atmosphere that is between 20 and 100 km above sea level. Armstrong limit is about 20 km, but extends to the Kármán line where outer space begins and astrodynamics takes the place of aerodynamics for the operation of flights.
Once the weather balloon had reached 20 km, the staff at Genesis Mining sent a bitcoin for the portfolio to formalize the deed, but the group wanted to see if we could achieve a higher limit.
"We hope to exceed 30 km, and that's what we did," Streng said. "Our partners have told us that 34 km would be the perfect time, and that was when we sent the second currency."
For the team, send bitcoin into space helps promote awareness of digital currency and demonstrates its ease of use.
"We firmly believe in technology as a vehicle to enhance our lives. Show that Bitcoin can be a part of the growing private space venture is another step in this direction, "Streng said.
Watch the video of the launch of bitcoin in the middle atmosphere here:
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