1/ what would happen to the bitcoin network if the internet went down?
this week on , we finally delve into one of my favorite topics - mesh networking. we talk about telecommunications technology, network topology, and tokenizing access.
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2/ we delve into how telecommunications work today, and the physical hardware and network (ISP) and open source software (TCP, IP), and the many layers that data packets travel through when going from one device to another
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3/ while traveling between all those layers, third parties can sniff your data and track you using your IP address, GPS location, and other application data 🕵🏽♀️
note: you agreed to that when you (a) bought internet access from your ISP and (b) accepted an app’s terms of service
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5/ mesh networks rely on different physical topology and different logical topology
nodes self-configure to route data efficiently through the network - removing the need for a coordinator or central hub - and reducing dependence
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7/ we talk about efforts to make the bitcoin network independent of ISPs and the legacy internet via both software and hardware innovations, including the satellite (and its predecessors)
BEAMING BITCOIN FROM SPACE 👩🏾🚀 SO METAL 🤟🏿
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8/ we then talk about bitcoin as an incentive for people to contribute resources to a mesh - like ’s Lot 49 project (led by ) and bitcoin venezuela’s efforts to bootstrap a mesh to support
and of course, when you have bitcoin, you get altcoin
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9/ listen to the episode to hear the rest!
thanks to:
📚@onggunhao for helping research
⚙️ for sponsoring
🛠 our producers
👯♀️ my co-host for letting me nerd out on this
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Can't wait to listen to this!
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