Can bitcoin be sent, received or traded (used) without the internet?
I'm from Nigeria and as you all know, Nigeria is a developing country and when it comes to internet connections we're not there yet. I live in the city area but travelled to my village few days ago for an occasions. On the way, I got a call from a friend requesting to buy $550 worth of bitcoin, I tried sending the coins to his wallet (he's a regular buying so I already have his wallet) but the transaction refused to go through because their was no internet connection. When I finally got to my village the transaction went successfully because we had internet.
After this experience I thought about other remote villages in Nigeria and African countries that don't have the Internet 24hours if they were to use Bitcoin (cryptocurrency in general) for day to day transaction can this be done without the internet?
I tried searching the web but couldn't find any post that gives me a satisfying answer, so decided to contact forum user.
Edited: 04|10|2018 Can anyone verify this information, how accurate is it?.
The writer went forward to explain, 'The mesh network works for every 4miles until it gets to the nearest access to the internet. That's to say you can send bitcoin through the mesh network from one mesh to another within 4miles until you get the nearest access to the internet".
After this experience I thought about other remote villages in Nigeria and African countries that don't have the Internet 24hours if they were to use Bitcoin (cryptocurrency in general) for day to day transaction can this be done without the internet?
I tried searching the web but couldn't find any post that gives me a satisfying answer, so decided to contact forum user.
Edited: 04|10|2018 Can anyone verify this information, how accurate is it?.
Good timing on posting this question now. Some recent advancements have just been made in this area. The latest version of Bitcoin Core has implemented 'Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions', or PSBT for short. It will effectively enable users to send transactions while offline in some circumstances.
Also just saw a post on facebook sayingThe writer went forward to explain, 'The mesh network works for every 4miles until it gets to the nearest access to the internet. That's to say you can send bitcoin through the mesh network from one mesh to another within 4miles until you get the nearest access to the internet".