[DrRon Suarez]

Here is more information about Althea’s use of blockchain technology on the routers, to create an automated, flexible payment system for members of the network. Each member owns a part of the infrastructure when they purchase their router. They buy bandwidth from upstream and sell it to other members downstream from them.
https://wifisherpa.org/distributed-technology-althea-nycmesh-and-more/

wifisherpa.org

Distributed Technology: Althea, NYCmesh and more

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