Posted 1/5/2024, 7:03:54 PM
BitMEX Sending Bitcoin to the Moon in 2024 aboard Lunar Lander
- BitMEX is sending a physical Bitcoin token engraved with a public/private key pair to the Moon on a spacecraft launching Jan. 8
- This will be the first financial asset and first Western payload sent to the Moon since 1972
- The Bitcoin will travel aboard a Vulcan rocket integrated onto the Peregrine-1 lunar lander
- After a 7-week orbit, the lander will touch down on the Moon on Feb. 23, 2024, where the Bitcoin will remain
- BitMEX is encouraging people to send messages and satoshis to the Moon to connect Earth and space