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Protests began in Iran in response to worsening economic conditions and as the Iranian rial hit record lows against the US dollar.Internet access in Iran was cut on Thursday by the government as protests spread across the Middle Eastern country, raising the question: Can its citizens still use crypto?transact using cryptocurrency Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet equipment, for one, can provide high-speed internet in areas that previously lacked service.
Starlink provides two-way high-speed internet by connecting user dishes to satellites that relay data globally via laser and ground stations., Bitchat, which uses a Bluetooth mesh network to send messages, can also allow Bitcoin transaction data to be sent between phones.Bitchat has been downloaded more than 1.4 million times since its launch, with over 19,828 coming in the last day and more than 460,724 in the last week.Meanwhile, there are also several tools in the works to allow crypto use offline. Darkwire, a tool that uses long-range radio to create a decentralized mesh network to send data, such as Bitcoin transactions, without the internet, wasSimilar to Blockstreams satellites and Bitchat, eventually, a device in the network requires the internet for the transaction to be verified and added to the blockchain. Darkwire is listed on GitHub as undergoing a major rewrite. In 2022, a South African software developer, Kgothatso Ngako, reportedly created a different solution known as Machankura. The tool lets users send and receive Bitcoin using phones without an internet connection by leveraging the mobile telecom network,
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