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> First, how do you use cryptocurrencies with limited access to electricity? You only need to charge your phone once per day. If power goes out, no problem. If
by nkuttler 5y ago
> First, how do you use cryptocurrencies with limited access to electricity?
You only need to charge your phone once per day. If power goes out, no problem. If you have no electricity at home somebody close by probably has a phone charging business.
- jon-wood 5y agoWhat's powering the cell towers?
- johnyzee 5y agoValid question, but anecdotally, travelling often in the third world, 4G is always available, even when the whole neighborhood goes dark. Most homes use 4G routers (with a battery, basically a headless phone with a hotspot) for internet, for this reason.
- el-salvador 5y agoDoes the phone / mobile network go offline during electricity blackouts in the first world? Where I live the traditional non-voip landlines, and the mobile network have almost always worked when there is no electricity.
- el-salvador 5y agoYup. Earlier this year there was a major cascading blackout in Central America. It affected all of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. I chatted with friends in all of those countries and it seemed that everyone's phone/internet was working well. Those who were working remotely, continued working with their laptops and tethered mobile internet from their phones during that morning.