45cm Ku Band Satellite Dish (antenna)
PLL LNB (linear polarization) w/ < = 200kHz LO stability
LNB Power Supply
LNB Mounting Bracket
Software Defined Radio interface
Cables, Connectors, and Mounting Hardware
1. Minimum 45cm Satellite Dish (bigger is better)
has to be down only, there is no uplink gear in that BOM
thanks
so we have to trust the chain they beam down? my node can't reject rule-breaking blocks? jbreher would love this
non-starter
Yeah - I already found more info, and edited my post above (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg20898842#msg20898842)
To rehash my edit:
more info is indeed available. Looks like a one-way* broadcast of Blockstream's version of the definitive chain as per the mining backbone. Seems like a useful addition. Should also drive hime how fallacious the idea is that non-mining, fully-validating nodes add any value to the network. Any node using this will be on Blockstream's filtered version of the truth, or not participate at all.
*Looking for evidence of two-way comms. Without an uplink, the idea that this will allow participation by the masses lacking internet access is a hollow lie.