#Altcoin Market Rebound Engineers have invented a way to send Bitcoin to Mars.

Researchers José Puente and Carlos Puente published a white paper on the concept of Proof of Transport signature (PoTT). This allows the first cryptocurrency to be sent from Earth to Mars in three minutes.
According to the idea, when conducting an interplanetary transaction, the process will be carried out via ground antennas, satellites, and lunar repeaters, where you will receive timestamps at each stage.
"Imagine that in 2050, you are sending money from Earth to your friend on Mars to help him pay rent. Due to the vast distance between the planets, the message must pass through several stations. At each of them, you will receive timestamps for arrival and departure - just like in a passport when crossing borders. When the message reaches Mars, the route and movement time can be accurately tracked through all these stamps," explained José Puente.
PoTT acts as a layer to confirm transactions in digital gold networks and the Lightning network, using optical communication channels created by NASA and Elon Musk's Starlink. According to the developers, the concept is ready for implementation.
"Once a stable connection is established between Earth and Mars, PoTT will be able to operate on it, making Bitcoin the first interplanetary currency," the researcher confirmed.
He added that the project's developers can simulate a test trial by mimicking the delays characteristic of Martian communications. When fully operational, transfers via the Lightning Network can reach Mars in three minutes, and in the worst cases - up to 22 minutes.
The authors of the concept proposed a solution to the two-week eclipse periods by using tracking satellites.
Bitcoin has already been sent to space.
In December 2018, Blockstream launched a satellite network that allowed Bitcoin transactions to be conducted via space.
In 2020, the startup Spacechain transferred digital gold directly from the International Space Station.
In July of the same year, the famous Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield received his first Bitcoin from a satellite that was in orbit 35,000 kilometers away from Earth. As NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield pointed out, blockchain can play a certain role in exploring the solar system.
For encrypted cash transfers to take place on Mars, there must be either a human or artificial intelligence, which has not yet happened. To this day, the red planet has only been explored by landing units, satellites, and Mars rovers from NASA and other space agencies.
In August of this year, Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, began accepting digital assets - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, USDT, and USDC. However, so far, the company's ships have only crossed the Kármán line, which is about 100 kilometers above the Earth.
In January of last year, billionaire Elon Musk indicated the possibility of using cryptocurrencies as a currency on the planet Mars.