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Bitcoin => Press => Topic started by: StarfishPrime on January 21, 2014, 08:17:14 AM



Title: 2014-01-20 CBC (Canada) - CBC KW sends Bitcoin over the airwaves
Post by: StarfishPrime on January 21, 2014, 08:17:14 AM
Canada's gov't funded public broadcasting corp. sends 0.05 bitcoin live over air during broadcast...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cbc-kw-sends-bitcoin-over-the-airwaves-1.2503580

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This makes what is believed to be the first known transmission of the digital currency by a public radio station.
A series of beeps were played over the air, and listeners were asked to use an app known as chirp.io to decipher a code produced by the sound.


Title: Re: 2014-01-20 CBC (Canada) - CBC KW sends Bitcoin over the airwaves
Post by: patricktim on January 21, 2014, 10:28:37 AM
wow great news sending over the airwaves!!!


Title: Re: 2014-01-20 CBC (Canada) - CBC KW sends Bitcoin over the airwaves
Post by: TheButterZone on January 22, 2014, 12:57:43 AM
So, it can be done... now in what instances should chirping over RF be done.