{"id":178,"date":"2014-07-12T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/kryptoradio-connect-to-bitcoin-network\/"},"modified":"2022-12-26T18:47:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:47:16","slug":"kryptoradio-connect-to-bitcoin-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/kryptoradio-connect-to-bitcoin-network.html","title":{"rendered":"Kryptoradio: Connect to the bitcoin network from anywhere \u2013 even without the Internet!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"general\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is Kryptoradio?<\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kryptoradio.koodilehto.fi\/\">Kryptoradio<\/a> is a bitcoin data transmission system that<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">transmits bitcoin transactions, blocks, and currency exchange data,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">does all this in real-time,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">uses terrestrial television (<a title=\"Digital Video Broadcasting \u2014 Terrestrial\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DVB-T\">DVB-T<\/a>) transmitters around the world.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bitcoins in the air<\/strong>, literally speaking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any unidirectional digital transmission path with a sufficient error correction is suitable for this project. In addition to DVB-T there are many other possible ways to transmit <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/page\/what-is-bitcoin\">Bitcoin<\/a> stream like subcarriers of FM radio transmission, amateur radio, and DAB. They chose DVB-T for our pilot project because of its flexibility and wide support in most parts of the world, shown in blue in the map below (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Digital_broadcast_standards.svg\">Wikipedia<\/a>).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Terrestrial television systems worldwide. Public domain. Source: Wikipedia.\" src=\"https:\/\/kryptoradio.koodilehto.fi\/images\/640px-Digital_broadcast_standards.png\" \/><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"why\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"pasila\" title=\"YLE transmission tower in Pasila, Helsinki, Finland. CC-BY-SA 3.0\" src=\"https:\/\/kryptoradio.koodilehto.fi\/images\/pasilan_linkki.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The primary motivators are<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">creating unprecedented devices and applications,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">making the bitcoin network more resistant to attacks,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">promoting bitcoin as a viable payment platform, and of course<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>because they can!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There has been many attempts to make bitcoin less dependent of the public Internet. For example Bitcoin core developer Greg Maxwell has advocated that. One approach is to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torproject.org\/\">Tor<\/a> network to hide bitcoin traffic from the public Internet. Unfortunately this does not make bitcoin more accessible to new users. The better approach is to go beyond Internet and <strong>use public infrastructure for broadcasting<\/strong> transactions of the bitcoin network.<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"max-width: 27.5em; text-align: justify;\"><p><i>&#8220;Alternative blockchain transports are critical to the success and survivability of the Bitcoin system.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Bitcoin core developer &#8211; Greg Maxwell<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This scheme makes it easy to construct <strong>affordable receivers<\/strong> that do not need mobile data connections in order to follow bitcoin traffic and to react to the received bitcoin payments. This would make it possible to build bitcoin counterpart for cash payment terminals, anything from a cash register to a coin operated self-service laundry. If the receiver application follows only transactions relevant to itself, it will be possible to build it using even an ARM microcontroller.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, it allows an alternative way to access the bitcoin network in cases where only a very low speed Internet connection is available. And, for all the tin foil hat wearers out there, this is a way to <strong>connect to bitcoin network without a trace<\/strong>! You only need online access when you want to make transactions yourself.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The data stream can contain other information, such as <strong>exchange rates<\/strong> between bitcoins and traditional currencies.<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"when\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">What happens next?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digita.fi\/files\/705\/Kanavanippu_E.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"finland\" title=\"Coverage map of Digita E multiplex. Remake of original.\" src=\"https:\/\/kryptoradio.koodilehto.fi\/images\/digita_mux_e.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They have found a partner who is able to cover costs for the pilot stage. The pilot stage will start in <strong>1st of September,<br \/>\n2014<\/strong> and last for 2 months. The broadcast area covers 95% of Finnish population, approximately <strong>5 million<\/strong><br \/>\npeople. More information in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kryptoradio.koodilehto.fi\/2014\/09\/02\/press-release-kryptoradio-transmits-bitcoins-via-digitas-tv-network.html\">press release<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is plan to start regular broadcasting soon after the pilot stage. A single month of broadcasting on current distribution area<br \/>\nincluding maintenance costs is about <strong>\u20ac 2000 per month<\/strong> (VAT included). They are currently looking for partners to that stage.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They have had a quick look at bitcoin crowdfunding. Our first impression is that the available platforms are not very good either<br \/>\ntechnologically or by the number of users. If someone has ideas how to collect funds for this project, please contact us!<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"contribution\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to contribute<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Finland they have this thing called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finlex.fi\/en\/laki\/kaannokset\/2006\/en20060255.pdf\">Money Collection Act<\/a> which means that it is not legal to ask money<br \/>\nwithout compensation. However, in this case the compensation is the radio broadcast.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All funds sent to the project&#8217;s bitcoin address will be used for covering regular broadcasting costs. If the project gets cancelled, all extra funds will be returned to their sending addresses. In addition to financial support you are welcome to join the team if you are capable of helping me with the software, to improve web pages, or anything else. Please contact them by <a href=\"mailto:joel.lehtonen+broadcast@iki.fi\">e-mail<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">You are also welcome to join <strong>#bitcoinradio<\/strong> IRC channel at FreeNode.<\/div>\n<div id=\"donation\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"bitcoin:1FvEggFtNSYS9pcBoYB9wDxH9fa1mrNPW5\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"QR code of our bitcoin address\" src=\"https:\/\/kryptoradio.koodilehto.fi\/images\/bitcoin_address.png\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"donation\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"bitcoin:1FvEggFtNSYS9pcBoYB9wDxH9fa1mrNPW5\">1FvEggFtNSYS9pcBoYB9wDxH9fa1mrNPW5\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Kryptoradio? 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