Bitcoin’s five-year mission should be: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no money has gone before.

Galactic

Here’s what people on ZapChain are saying about bitcoin as the currency of space.

Yes! Because Math Works in Space

Cryptography does not require oxygen

“If there are people there in the future and they need to exchange value, then yes, of course. Mathematics is absolute truth on earth, on the moon, and in Alpha Centauri.” — Rodrigo Fernandez, CEO CRServers

“Considering most modern day currencies thus far have been very constricting… bitcoin could absolutely be the currency of space. All space, that includes Earth too. Transcendance is inclusive.” — John Milanoski, Entrepreneur

It Needs to Be Working on Earth First

Many earthlings still don’t know much about bitcoin

“First let’s do earth, then space. The use of satellites to ensure uninterrupted/uninterruptible use of bitcoin (and bitcoin companies) seems like the most near-term connection between bitcoin and space.” — Ted Rogers, Chief Strategy Officer, Xapo

“Yes, why not… but shouldn’t be more effective if it will become the currency of earth and space”? — Davide Varni, AML Consultant

We Need Planetcoins

One cryptocurrency for every planet

“Probably each planet and the surrounding space would have its own cryptocurrency with some slow exchanges built between them.” — Piotr Piasecki, MSc in Bitcoin, Ripple enthusiast, /r/Bitcoin moderator

“Moving beyond Earth, it seems likely that each planet would need its own cryptocurrency, for engineering reasons. Data transmission times become too large, and the planet-bound users will demand a reasonable latency.” — Jeff Garzik, Bitcoin @BitPay

There Might be Problems…

Can bitcoin survive black holes?

“Of course the more important question is the effect of black holes and time dilation on offworld nodes, given the importance of time stamps in preventing double-spend attacks. The bitcoin community needs to devote resources to solving this problem immediately.” — Jon Southurst, tech & bitcoin writer

“Once you get beyond a certain amount of light-minutes then Bitcoin as it currently stands leaves a bit to be desired merely because of the limitations you have once transmitting data across long distances. The same is true for any digital transfer though.” — Cody Littlewood, Managing Principal @codelittinc

Bitcoin Core Dev Jeff Garzik Will Make it Happen

Garzik’s Bitsat bitcoin node space satellite

“If Jeff Garzik gets his way, it very well could be. Putting mini satellites in space running full nodes is a great start.” — Gabe Higgins, Founder of CryptoEdge Solutions & Tampa Bay Bitcoineers

“We at Dunvegan Space Systems have been working on the engineering dynamics behind putting the blockchain into space. In Low Earth Orbit (LEO), bitcoin functions well. Our BitSat satellite project has the capability to deliver a bitcoin block anywhere in the world. — Jeff Garzik, Founder of Dunavegan Space Systems