2013-12-20 Gizmodo: Crazy Hacker Wants to Blast a Cubesat Into Space

[jgarzik]

Headline: Crazy Hacker Wants to Save Bitcoin by Blasting a CubeSat into Space
URL: http://gizmodo.com/crazy-hacker-wants-to-save-bitcoin-by-blasting-a-cubesa-1487464486#

[LiteCoinGuy]

good project crazy hacker!  

[TraderTimm]

Gizmodo lost me a long time ago with their breathless-haha-tryhard-to-be-funny style of writing articles. Also, early on they were staunch critics of Bitcoin, and that just sealed the deal with me - never to return to their juvenile site network.

I mean, only they could have a server named "ganja", where I imagine the brogrammer that chose that name had his cap backwards and was tweeting his friends the moment he booted it up in the datacenter. "Check it out duuuuuuuuuuuude, lollerz". That's the kind of people you're dealing with.

Anyway, I'm glad the "crazy hacker" is doing something like this, because having a network of these in orbit would mean global coverage without relying on the corrupt systems below. One cubesat is a great start, and I hope there are others to follow. Great work Garzik!

[odolvlobo]

That jgarzik is one crazy mother-hacker.

[aigeezer]

O tempora, o mores. There is a timely xkcd panel, as always:

[kjlimo]

1) I don't get that xkcd comic.

2) This is the first 3-5 year plan involving bitcoins, which is cool.

A cool idea, but I'm not sure how expensive this is or whether this will be a profitable thing, or just a cool project?

[prophetx]

Headline: Crazy Hacker Wants to Save Bitcoin by Blasting a CubeSat into Space
URL: http://gizmodo.com/crazy-hacker-wants-to-save-bitcoin-by-blasting-a-cubesa-1487464486#

funny a year ago I was joking with some students in sweden that i want to build a data center in the sky.

let me know how i can help.

[aigeezer]

1) I don't get that xkcd comic.

Sorry - it's a spoof on hyperbole in contemporary media. Headline writers keep going farther out on their metaphorical limbs as they try to outdo each other to get the attention of a jaded public.