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a) It's a PR stunt. Adding *in space* works a lot better than "SpaceX is running an Ethereum node" alone. a.1) Particularly for the company "SpaceChain" that a
by st_goliath 5y ago
a) It's a PR stunt. Adding *in space* works a lot better than "SpaceX is running an Ethereum node" alone.
a.1) Particularly for the company "SpaceChain" that actually runs it, ridding piggy back PR on the name of SpaceX and the recent Tesla/Bitcoin craze.
b) Every time Elon Musk appears in a sentence together with crypto currencies, prices bounce around (exactly what you want in a currency, right). This can be used deliberately to make bank and in contrast to the stock market, there is no regulatory body stopping/punishing that.
c) Last time I checked, the ISS didn't have a diesel generator standing out back, so it will run on solar power only (which is of course offset by burning rocket fuel to get there in the first place, and probably by burning itself up when eventually returning home)