According to Dogecoin developer Michi Lumin, On April 22, 2022, the first Dogecoin (DOGE) transaction was sent via radio transmission with help from the global Starlink satellite network, using a protocol called “Radio Doge.” Dogecoin proponents say Radio Doge will “enable access to dogecoin for people outside the reach of the internet.”
hi. i sleepy again, so no talk big, but just did this, sending 4.2069 dogecoin (from BudZ heh) 100 miles (with @tjstebbing and @KBluezr listening on a receiver 810 miles away), using just libdogecoin, radio, and ultimately relayed to the mainnet on the other end via starlink. pic.twitter.com/Pn6aHFamuM
— Michi Lumin (@michilumin) April 22, 2022
Michi Lumin send 4.2 Dogecoin (DOGE) to a friends using HF/LoRaWAN (low-cost radio tech) combined with the Starlink satellite network.
Dogecoin is not the first cryptocurrency to be sent using radio. Earlier Bitcoin (BTC) transactions also done using the concepts like mesh networking, amateur radio equipment, and portable antennas without internet access.
“Peer-to-peer networks built on the internet have a special allure because of the sense of resilience they have without a central point of failure,” Sam Patterson, former COO of OB1.
Peer-to-peer networks built on the internet have a special allure because of the sense of resilience they have without a central point of failure. A bit misleading: they are really built on many computers and the connections between them.
Not true with radios. True peer to peer.
— Sam Patt (@SamuelPatt) February 16, 2019
“The first dogecoin transaction just took place without the Internet, using Radio Doge. Much wow,” a dogecoin supporter wrote on Friday.