"Filecoin and Lockheed Martin To Launch IPFS Into Space"
"The Interplanetary File System (IPFS), a protocol for peer-to-peer file data sharing and storage, is set to live up to its name through a partnership with Filecoin and U.S. space and weapons company Lockheed Martin..
"Filecoin, which relies on IPFS, wants to store an IPFS node on one of Lockheed Martin’s spaceships. When the spaceship gets shot into Earth’s orbit, IPFS could use the node as a relay to further decentralize its network.."..
"“Soon, space will no longer just be a destination. It will be home to the new space economy, independent of Earth. The work we’re doing with Filecoin reinforces an investment in building space infrastructure,” said Joe Landon, a vice president at Lockheed Martin."
"Paul Chou, co-founder of crypto derivatives exchange LedgerX, is developing a space crypto called Foundation Coin. Its blockchain uses “proof-of-timed-work”, a consensus mechanism that takes into account the speed of light. ."
"SpaceChain, a Singapore-based project co-founded by Jeff Garzik in 2017, has launched a handful for satellite nodes for another cosmic blockchain."
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