A developer known as “Daniel Jones” on Twitter claims to have completed a solar-powered, off-grid crypto transaction using shortwave radio and blockchain, The Next Web reports Tuesday, September 18.
The project was reportedly devised in response to the CallForCode challenge, which challenges tech innovators to improvise with existing tools in order to find relief solutions for natural disasters.
The off-grid transaction was completed on the open-source blockchain network ‘Burst’ and involved just a portable hard drive, a solar battery pack and a shortwave radio, as one of the project devs revealed in a Tweet September 15.
Jones added that “in a war torn environment you may not want to disclose location, [so] in this case I can still deliver a message and not disclose [it but nonetheless] notify my loved ones that I am ok
As Jones has emphasized, the use of amateur radio requires a license from the FCC, and the developer chose not to disclose the licensed operator that enabled the experiment.
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As previously reported, the use of crypto to serve humanitarian relief has been recognized by agencies including UNICEF, which this year appealed to PC gamers to use their powerful processors to mine Ethereum (ETH) and generate earnings to be donated to children in war-torn Syria. In January 2017, UNICEF also presented “Donercoin” at London Blockchain Week, a blockchain-based program aimed at creating transparency in global aid by digitizing donations.
