Cryptocurrency bitcoin wallet sent to the moon

Yesterday, January 8, cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX announced the launch of a Vulcan rocket to the moon. A crypto wallet with 1 bitcoin BTC $56,416.10 Bitcoin -1.81% Market capitalization $1.11 trillion VOL. 24 hours $4.33 billion is on board.

The spacecraft is expected to land on the moon on February 23. Representatives of the crypto exchange said that the mission demonstrates the potential of bitcoin and blockchain technology in creating a«limitless financial system beyond the Earth.»

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket was launched with the support of Astrobotic. The crypto wallet was integrated into the Peregrine-1 lander, which contains about twenty cargoes from seven countries.

«If the mission is successfully completed, it will go down in history as the first lunar landing of this level in 50 years,» BitMEX said in a statement.

In addition to bitcoin, there is a Dogecoin wallet on board DOGE $0.10 Dogecoin -5.21% Market capitalization $14.94 billion VOL. 24 hours $0.27 billion . This information was confirmed by the Dogecoin Foundation.

The operation tosend DOGE to the Earth’s satellite is being carried out jointly with the aerospace company Astrobotic Technology, which specializes in robotic technologies for lunar and planetary missions.

The main goal of Peregrine Mission One is to deliver the lander of the same name to the lunar surface, in the area of the Death Lake. The platform will carry 14 NASA scientific instruments, as well as various cargoes from third-party companies.