Offline Bitcoin Transfers Break the Internet (Literally)
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No WiFi? No problem. A new protocol is flipping the script on crypto’s connectivity demands—letting users send Bitcoin through radio waves, mesh networks, and even SMS.
How it works: The system bundles transactions into compressed data packets that can hop between devices like a digital game of telephone. When a node finally hits an internet connection, it broadcasts the backlog to the blockchain.
Why it matters: Dead zones and censorship firewalls just got a whole lot weaker. Tourists, activists, and—let’s be honest—rug-pullers on the run now have a fallback when traditional networks fail.
The catch? Fees spike during high latency periods, because apparently financial sovereignty doesn’t come cheap—even when you’re off the grid.
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