Satellites, Sovereignty, and the Next Internet Revolution

The internet is increasingly centralized and fragile. Space tech—especially satellites functioning as blockchain nodes—can unlock a more decentralized, censorship-resistant, and globally accessible internet. While latency, ground station control, and geopolitics pose challenges, collaboration across sectors could make a resilient, space-based digital commons a reality.

How Can Space Tech Help Us Build a Decentralized Internet?

TL;DR: Satellites as blockchain nodes will unlock a censorship-resistant, accessible internet beyond Earth’s centralized infrastructure.

1. Introduction

Earth’s Internet was designed as a decentralized system to avoid single points of failure in military communications.

It was named after the network of networks.

That’s why it was born decentralized.

Somewhere along the way, control crept in.

Today, global internet traffic relies heavily on undersea cables, central data centers, and regulatory bottlenecks.

What once aimed for resilience has drifted toward fragility, censorship, and control.

Today, we need ...