BlockSat_API_scripts

Bash scripts to send text or files to the Blockstream Satellite

More information about Blockstream Satellite here;

https://blockstream.com/satellite/

https://github.com/Blockstream/satellite

sendtext.sh usage example, (requires qrencode and feh to be installed);

./sendtext.sh any text goes here

or simply

./sendtext.sh

Then folow the prompts in the script. A QR encoded lightning network invoice will pop-up, (using feh) and will be removed once paid.

sendfile.sh usage example, (requires qrencode to be installed);

./sendfile.sh file1.txt file2.jpg filen.doc

The script will create new files in the same directory;

file1-pay.png file2-pay.png filen-pay.png

The png files are QR encoded lightning network invoces. Once paid the script will remove -pay.png files.