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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:“It is with great honor I present to you the first $burst radio transaction.
https://explore.burst.cryptoguru.org/transaction/17490887355364942154”The developer – known as Daniel Jones on Twitter or nixops on reddit – has dubbed the project “Proof-of-Life,” and explained that it entails a simple, verified wallet-to-wallet transaction or message designed to confirm someone’s survival in cases of extreme danger or catastrophe:“[The] transaction... was a multi factor verification of Proof of Life….
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.
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