Cryptocurrency: AnCap Satcoms (re: Starlink Puts Satellite Internet to Shame)
Bell wrote: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/316819-starlink-beta-speed-tests-put-tra...
How much did the various "cube satellite" projects cost to get payload space on the launch carrier? Seems that cryptocurrency ancap folks are now certainly able to buy space and launch an independent uncensorable physical network of cubesats into space, whether as transponders / repeaters for people to simply bounce off of, or as a mesh of relay nodes making up an actual network protocol. The above general data transport is much different and more advanced than what the Bitcoin-BTC folks are doing with a simple uplink of a full node to a sat to broadcast the blockchain down. Crowdfund, crypto pay to access, distribute rotating access keys on blockchain, or just leave open to everyone for anonymous access limited only by ability to learn and use GNURadio... a natural free incentive toward many more people becoming invloved with Guerilla radio comms, meshnets, cryptocurrency, crypto, etc. Of course some govts would try to knock them down, physically, or via HERF...
Assuming you have a satellite supplier or a satellite development team, and of course the ground operations, finding a launch vehicle is the next step. Ever since the Swarm https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/fcc-accuses-stealth... incident its become much more difficult to get launches without obvious regulatory approval.
It is assumed launches will be approved, not rogue, nothing says these satnets cannot be deployed. However, rogue entrepreneurs can get small rockets and payloads into orbit anonymously. Most sat and launch tech is open source, contracting out to external dev, build, and launch teams is legacy nasa fiction when it comes to independant projects and rogues. Repeaters, or fully open launch and forget protocol nets won't need any ground ops, and the sats will stay geostat etc or just decay. You only need ground ops if you want to do rekeying, subscriptions, access management, etc. Any forced deorbit regs can run off a timer. These satcoms can also be built and launched from any project or bribe friendly nation, international waters, etc where US / "International" law doesn't apply.
On 2020-11-02 08:12, grarpamp wrote:
Bell wrote: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/316819-starlink-beta-speed-tests-put-tra...
How much did the various "cube satellite" projects cost to get payload space on the launch carrier?
Seems that cryptocurrency ancap folks are now certainly able to buy space and launch an independent uncensorable physical network of cubesats into space,
For the cubesats to cost a reasonable amount, they have to smaller, less numerous, and more distant than Musk's network. Which would mean they would need vastly more expensive ground stations. And, because considerably fewer of them, they would have to fly considerably higher than Musk's satellites. Further, space in orbit is starting to become a limited resource. because people don't want satellites crashing into other satellites You are looking at stupendous amounts of money, and endless busywork with government bureaucracies.
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