Alternate Data Transport Layers
summary
Claims that raw radio can submit blockchain transactions end to end: a single off‑internet transmitter and one internet‑connected receiver relay signed txs into mempools. Uses audio‑encoding tools like FL Digi, low bandwidth ~10 kbps, cheap hardware such as a < $50 radio plus home‑built antenna, and real demos (a 2019 US‑wide Bitcoin transmission). Practical notes: 3 W on low frequencies can span thousands of km, ISS and moonbounce repeaters exist, and major gaps are standardized frequencies/coding, legal power limits, and adding acknowledgements and multihop/IP layers.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:50Internet
- 1:54Internet Problems
- 2:53Freedom of Communication
- 3:17Radio
- 4:23Encoding
- 5:01Broadcasting
- 6:03Hardware
- 6:31Decoding
- 6:54Transaction Data
- 7:22Challenges
- 8:26Way Forward
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