SpaceAI plans to attempt a cryptocurrency transaction from space during a launch with TLON Space. The test is due to take place aboard Argentina’s Aventura-1 vehicle.

During the flight, it plans to execute a blockchain transaction on Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 network, using its NIO computing node integrated into the rocket’s onboard systems. The transaction is expected to mint a non-fungible token tied to an artwork by Argentinian artist Eugenio Cuttica, painted onto the rocket’s second stage.

The NFT is due to go on sale while the rocket is in Low Earth Orbit. The transaction will be handled through a combination of onboard computing and SpaceAI’s distributed ground station network, with IPFS from Protocol Labs used…