{"id":57729,"date":"2022-02-14T19:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57729"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:11:57","slug":"telescope-in-chiles-atacama-desert-begins-minting-nft-postcards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/telescope-in-chiles-atacama-desert-begins-minting-nft-postcards\/","title":{"rendered":"Telescope in Chile\u2019s Atacama Desert begins minting NFT postcards."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 14, MerkleBot launched an autonomous telescope in the Chilean Atacama Desert with remote access for capturing images and minting NFT postcards. ForkLog was told this by project representatives.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Happy <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ValentinesDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#ValentinesDay<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Nothing is more <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/romantic?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#romantic<\/a> than our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/universe?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#universe<\/a> and we are happy that starting today the telescope in <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Atacama?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Atacama<\/a> Desert is minting NFTs of deep space every night (subject to weather) \ud83c\udf0c<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website to buy your <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/space?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#space<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFT?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#NFT<\/a>:<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/oDEykQN8KJ\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/oDEykQN8KJ<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/bZYLXbl4PE\\\">pic.twitter.com\/bZYLXbl4PE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MerkleBot (@MerkleB0t) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MerkleB0t\/status\/1493036157432578050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>To operate the telescope, users require the polkadot.js plugin. The telescope is launched by a transaction and mints NFTs on the RMRK Singular platform on the Kusama network. Settlement takes place in the stablecoin STRGZN. The price of a single shot is 25 STRGZN.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cThe telescope enables observing deep space, and its desert location allows for obtaining the best shots free from light pollution from cities,\u201d MerkleBot representatives said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The telescope operates daily from 05:00 to 12:00 MSK.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cThe telescope&#8217;s availability depends on weather in Chile at the time of your request. This limits the number of NFTs that can be physically issued,\u201d the developers added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The Robonomics team is involved in the project. In 2022 they planned to launch a full-fledged application.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in January, the Singaporean company SpaceChain announced a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/spacechain-launches-velas-blockchain-node-into-space\">launch of a payload into space<\/a>, integrated with a Velas blockchain node.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog\u2019s bitcoin news in our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 14, MerkleBot launched an autonomous telescope in the Chilean Atacama Desert with remote access for capturing images and minting NFT postcards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1213,1811,1170],"class_list":["post-57729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-nft","tag-robotics-economy","tag-space"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57731,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57729\/revisions\/57731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}