I came across this open-source project called Darkwire and I thought it's worth sharing. It's still in the developmental phase and was submitted for the Hackathon Bitcoin 2025 conference. It tends to address some of the challenges faced by Bitcoiners who live in areas where internet connection is unavailable
[either nonexistent or infrastructures are damaged by natural disaster] or controlled
[taken offline by the the authorities].Darkwire mode of operation?It's designed for sending both Bitcoin transactions and simple text messages offline.
How do I send Bitcoin?First, you'll have to specify the receiving address as well as the amount in the Darkwire GUI or local wallet managed by bitcoinlib and tap on "generate transaction." The system will generate a signed Bitcoin transaction in hexadecimal format, which is further fragmented into smaller packets and transmitted to a nearby node via radio.
How does Darkwire work?Basically, Darkwire makes use of two key components: the Long Range Radio transceiver (LoRa) and microcontrollers (Ardoino UNO) to form a mesh of decentralized network. These are connected to multiple nodes that are within a distance range of 10 km or less, depending on the population density of the area. When a raw Bitcoin transaction is created, the Darkwire node receives the transaction and transmit it wirelessly. That is, it hops from node to node until it gets to an exit node(with an internet connection), where it is picked up and verified by a miner and broadcasted to the Bitcoin network.
Currently, Darkwire supports Bitcoin only but the developer plans to add Ethereum and Monero in the future.
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It's Old news, Wiring via Antennas Nodes fia RF or IF, it basically means it connects you to the internet Via the Node that is connected to the internet, it's not really Magic or some witchcraft mumbo Jumbo, it's basically making your Bitcoin wallet into a Car Key, and your Car itself is connected to Starlink, Personally i wouldn't trust it, not because it's darkwire, but it's easily to sniff that packet and alter it if you're within range, sooner or later Hackers will create a Device to sniff the packet contents and alter them/Deny them, PS: Most probably Darkwire themselves are making that to enhance cybersecurity, encrypt it, but it's not really much of a deal, it will not be needed anyway since there is internet almost everywhere on the entire planet, and i'm pretty sure one wouldn't want to send crypto from inside a tibetan Cave, if anything, this will be abused.
It will be abused by hackers and people that want to keep a low-profile, and it will end up creating more Crypto Chaos than it serves to organize it,
Darkwire will probably control the Nodes and have access to all the information as of where what and to who the transactions go to.
Best of luck for everyone, Keep your Cryptos in a Cold Wallet, and whenever you want to do transactions, just do it the old fashioned way, P2P or cash your crypto out.
Toodles
