Dogecoin’s RadioDoge: A Noble Quest or a Canine Con? 🐕🚀

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In a world where financial inclusion is the latest buzzword and Dogecoin directors moonlight as modern-day quixotes, Timothy Stebbing, the self-appointed captain of the Dogecoin Foundation, has unveiled his latest brainchild: RadioDoge. A project so audacious it could make a shih tzu howl at the moon. The premise? To deliver blockchain access to the unbanked via long-distance RF technologies like LoRa and VaraHF. Because nothing says “democratic finance” like replacing Wi-Fi with ham radios. 📡

Stebbing’s vision, as articulated in a tweet that could double as a technical manifesto, involves 150 base stations to blanket Africa’s 30.3 million square kilometers. At a mere $750/month via Starlink’s budget-friendly backhaul, he claims this could provide Dogecoin access to all of continental Africa. One might ask, “Why not just build roads?” but that would undermine the charm of the absurd. 🤷♂️

“Assuming RadioDoge base station coverage of 500KMs for ground-based HF + lorawan, that’s about ~150 base stations to cover Africa’s 30.3 million square KMs (with overlaps). Using this new $5/month 500kb/s Starlink for backhaul we could provide Dogecoin coverage to all of continental Africa for about $750/month.”

– Timothy Stebbing (@tjstebbing), August 17, 2025, while sipping artisanal kombucha

Stebbing’s grand vision, of course, includes “literally life-changing” implications for farmers, now liberated from the clutches of middlemen. One imagines a farmer in Malawi sending DOGE to buy fertilizer while a goat watches, bemused. 🐐

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2025-08-17 17:35