CBC Kitchener-Waterloo Radio Station Transmits Bitcoins Over Radio Waves

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Canada has yet another bitcoin-related achievement to display in their trophy cabinet.

The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Kitchener-Waterloo radio station is believed to be the first public radio station to transmit bitcoin over radio waves.

It happened during The Morning Edition radio broadcast when a series of beeps were played. Listeners were prompted to download an app called Chirp.io to decipher the beeps. The prize? A small amount of about 0.05 BTC, or about $40 (donated by Tinkercoin and a ‘local bitcoin enthusiat’, according to the CBC).

In the end, the winner of the prize was Chris Skory of Rockland County, New York.

“I did not think that I was going to get it at all,” he said to CBC. “I figured there was going to be some pretty stiff competition out there.”