Can this really be done? I had always thought that the inability to transact quickly offline would severely hinder usability and thus adoption, but if Monero transactions were as easy as using GPS, then the future looks bright.

You wouldn't really be transacting offline, just that you'd always be online.

Very cool, exciting to see.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Wave@monero.town 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Funding a means of transferring money i find unnecessary not within the scope of what 30k should be spent on! Monero doesn't care which medium is used to transfer XMR, i know that because i know him. Via air or via light or via copper... An XMR is and remains an XMR. It is undoubtedly 'cool' at the moment to shoot something into space. But XMR doesn't want to be cool. People like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos can embrace Monero, they are in the business of space junk.

transacting offline

There is already a Lightning 'state channel' solution that no longer requires network-wide blockchain consensus to finalize transactions. Also, the recipient does not need to be online at the time of sending.