Right now, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is carrying our blockchain hardware wallet technology to the International Space Station (ISS), as part of the CRS-19 commercial resupply service mission. This will enable us to perform multisig authentication from space for the first time in history!
The launch took place yesterday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and a large contingency of SpaceChain team members and friends were in attendance to support this occasion.
Routed through the most remote human inhabited place in our solar system, this payload will enable Bitcoin transactions to be transmitted and approved by the hardware on the ISS through multisig authentication, thus greatly increasing their security.
With each SpaceChain launch, we are moving closer to our vision of furthering a New Space Economy -- enabling space agencies, industries and innovators to access and collaborate in space using decentralized technology.
This opportunity was provided via Nanoracks and their Space Act Agreement with NASA. We expect the testing of this payload to be completed by early 2020.
Join the conversation on Twitter using @SpaceChain and #BlockchainISS and check out some recent coverage in FoxBusiness and Bitcoinist.
Stay tuned for updates.
Zee Zheng
CEO SpaceChain
