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Re:Blockstream Satellite API: Pay with BTC via Lightning to ... by NVRM on Thursday January 17, 2019 @02:50AM (#18929112)
So this seems useless for payment, but here is the real hidden interest:

You can send a file up to 10Kb, and pay for byte sent.

It's cheap, coast looks to be $0.0035 for a 5Kb file.

The receiver can get the file, encrypted, without internet, using only a SDR tv card, amplifier and antenna, worldwide, in 10 minutes.

I see there large possible applications!!!

https://blockstream.com/satellite-queue/

https://github.com/Blockstream/satellite#hardware-requiremen...

https://blockstream.com/satellite-api-documentation/

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Re:Blockstream Satellite API: Pay with BTC via Lightning to ... by RL_Quine on Thursday January 17, 2019 @04:46AM (#18929552)
Name even one application.
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Re:Blockstream Satellite API: Pay with BTC via Lightning to ... by NVRM on Friday January 18, 2019 @12:37AM (#18937252)
You are not much into electronics as I can see.
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Re:Blockstream Satellite API: Pay with BTC via Lightning to ... by RL_Quine on Friday January 18, 2019 @06:21AM (#18938542)
You still haven’t managed to explain an application, with all your imagination.
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