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What I think might contribute to success of mesh networks as ISP alternatives is incorporation of micropayments for bandwidth/storage into the system. There sh
by java-man 12y ago
What I think might contribute to success of mesh networks as ISP alternatives is incorporation of micropayments for bandwidth/storage into the system.
There should be an incentive for individuals to participate. A thread of catastrophic communication system failure (as in case of a natural disaster) is not enough to stimulate the deployment. But the promise of income is.
Would you be inclined to install a mesh node if it gave you a small income stream?
- Cloudy 12y agoHow would the income system work? (..cryptocoins?) What goods/services can people buy with your "income stream" system?
- java-man 12y agoStorage, bandwith, voice. The problem, I think, is distributed accounting - in the presence of untrusted and malicious nodes. Micropayment transactions need to work faster than existing systems like BTC, to be able to support fast call set up, for example.