{"id":8658,"date":"2014-01-22T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8658"},"modified":"2014-01-22T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T16:05:10","slug":"the-cbc-a-truly-wireless-transfer-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/the-cbc-a-truly-wireless-transfer-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"The CBC: A truly &#8220;wireless&#8221; transfer of money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bitcoin-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8659\" alt=\"bitcoin-logo\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bitcoin-logo.png\" width=\"1000\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bitcoin-logo.png 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bitcoin-logo-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bitcoin-logo-100x20.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/kitchener-waterloo\/cbc-kw-sends-bitcoin-over-the-airwaves-1.2503580\" target=\"_blank\">CBC News<\/a>\u00a0via Andrea Borgnino)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On\u00a0<em>The Morning Edition,\u00a0<\/em>CBC Kitchener-Waterloo was able to successfully transmit bitcoin over radio waves.<\/p>\n<p>This makes what is believed to be the first known transmission of the digital\u00a0currency by a public radio station.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/kitchener-waterloo\/why-are-canadians-buying-bitcoin-1.2501496\">Why are Canadians buying Bitcoin?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A series of beeps\u00a0were\u00a0played over the air, and listeners were asked to use an app known as chirp.io to decipher a code produced by the sound.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Skory of Rockland County, New York was the winning recipient, and unlocked 0.05 bitcoin worth about $40. The bitcoin was donated by Waterloo start-up Tinkercoin and a local bitcoin enthusiast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did not think that I was going to get it at all,&#8221; said Skory. &#8220;I figured there was going to be some pretty stiff competition out there.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/kitchener-waterloo\/cbc-kw-sends-bitcoin-over-the-airwaves-1.2503580\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to listen to the full story via the CBC website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we should challenge <a href=\"http:\/\/voaradiogram.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>VOA Radiogram<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Elliott<\/a> to perform an international wireless transfer via shortwave? \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 Certainly be a great plot to attract listeners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: CBC News\u00a0via Andrea Borgnino) On\u00a0The Morning Edition,\u00a0CBC Kitchener-Waterloo was able to successfully transmit bitcoin over radio waves. This makes what is believed to be the first known transmission of the digital\u00a0currency by a public radio station. Why are Canadians buying Bitcoin? A series of beeps\u00a0were\u00a0played over the air, and listeners were asked to use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,1114,3],"tags":[2534,2533,2532,1431,29],"class_list":["post-8658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-digital-modes","category-news","tag-bitcoin-cbc","tag-bitcoin-shortwave","tag-bitcoin-wireless","tag-canadian-broadcasting","tag-cbc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2fE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16757,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/spectres-of-shortwave-near-completion\/","url_meta":{"origin":8658,"position":0},"title":"Spectres of Shortwave: near completion","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this CBC New Brunswick article about Amanda Dawn Christie's film, Spectres of Shortwave: (Source: CBC) Amanda Dawn Christie launching documentary about demise of RCI towers Documentary 'Spectres of Shortwave' to be finished in time for possible premiere at Toronto's Hot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SackvilleCurtainAntennas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58373,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/cbc-radio-canada-to-cut-workforce-in-budget-shortfall\/","url_meta":{"origin":8658,"position":1},"title":"CBC\/Radio-Canada to cut workforce in budget shortfall","author":"Thomas","date":"December 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following item from Radio Canada International: CBC\/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of workforce, end some programming as it faces $125M budget shortfall (RCI) Public broadcaster says most cuts will take effect over the coming year The Canadian Broadcasting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8893,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/1945-radio-canada-internationals-first-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":8658,"position":2},"title":"1945: Radio Canada International&#8217;s first broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Mark for sharing this bit of radio history from the CBC Digital Archives: \"In February 1945, the \"Voice of Canada\" spoke to the world for the first time. The CBC International Service was founded to broadcast to Canadian Forces overseas in the Second World War. At war's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RadioListening","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/RadioListening-300x190.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16335,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/today-cbc-christmas-euroradio-special\/","url_meta":{"origin":8658,"position":3},"title":"Today: CBC Christmas Euroradio Special","author":"Thomas","date":"December 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Fred, who writes: Hi Thomas, The CBC will be broadcasting their annual Christmas Euroradio Special December 20th throughout the day. http:\/\/music.cbc.ca\/#!\/genres\/Classical\/blogs\/2015\/11\/CBC-Radio-2s-Euroradio-holiday-special-Joy-to-the-World-will-air-Sunday-Dec-20-2015 Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thank you, Fred! \u00a0I'll \"tune\" my wi-fi radio to CBC Radio 2 and listen throughout the day\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"cbc-radio-2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cbc-radio-2.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cbc-radio-2.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cbc-radio-2.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cbc-radio-2.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25363,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/requiem-for-radio-amanda-dawn-christies-performance-piece-honoring-rci-sackville\/","url_meta":{"origin":8658,"position":4},"title":"Requiem For Radio: Amanda Dawn Christie&#8217;s performance piece honoring RCI Sackville","author":"Thomas","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: CBC News) Moncton artist bringing back sounds of former Sackville Radio-Canada towers A Moncton artist has brought back to life the sounds of the 13 CBC Radio-Canada International shortwave towers that once stood in Sackville, N.B. on the Tantramar Marsh. \"It's kind of like you're conjuring ghosts of radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Amanda-Dawn-Christie-Requiem-Radio-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Amanda-Dawn-Christie-Requiem-Radio-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Amanda-Dawn-Christie-Requiem-Radio-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38179,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/cbc-president-catherine-tait-on-trust-raising-money-and-attracting-a-younger-audience\/","url_meta":{"origin":8658,"position":5},"title":"&#8220;CBC President Catherine Tait on trust, raising money and attracting a younger audience&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"June 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who notes: [Recently] the Radio Canada program Sunday Edition had an interview with CBC President Catherine Tait. Very interesting on the challenges facing CBC and radio\/tv in general: (Source: CBC Radio) It is the job of the CBC to build social cohesion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}