This router takes Bitcoin and talks nostr :)
A GLAR300m WiFi Router. It's a simple nostr client now :)
Yes, the TollGate (router) has a captive portal that takes SATs and let's you in once you've paid. Now that it speaks nostr, it can talk to it's fleet manager and other routers to find a cheaper gateway or better market conditions.
TollGates out in the wild!
Special thanks to nostr:nprofile1qqsggnmz6dfard0sqvwnj2taf8xsm9f6alw047h6yhuzv25vt4a667spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhsavx5fu for helping me to compile secp256k1 for MIPS.
Next comes websites hosted on Blossom with nostr as a discovery layer:
cc nostr:nprofile1qqsqddupn4l3cl65wggcyehd009g0pwuatsfudh28f90vewx68vrylqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumnfd4hjucmpwd5qz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezummjv9hxwetsd9kxctnyv4mqve9ggn nostr:nprofile1qqsxyllxr558rfkrn7df69cshgd3qy0rwev0a4l5sfuq754vpu5spjsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnndehhyapwwdhkx6tpdshsz9nhwden5te0daexzmn8v4ehjmnr9e6x2cmg9uepv3ej
Thanks, this is exactly what we need! Super useful :)
We also need reticulum over cashu - how else will we pay the devices that route our traffic?
Makes sense. I would love to see the two technologies integrate. Perhaps the relays could serve as glue for this...
nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9ekh2arfdeuhwctvd3jhgtnrdakj7qgkwaehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshspg7dju if your looking for an overlay network that abstracts away the hardware stack to enable named data networking, I recommend just using nostr.
Nostr relays could easily accept events via LoRa, but LoRa isn't strictly required when running a nostr relay. I also see a lot of value in the nostr relays, because they enable asynchronous communication.
Reticulum addresses a lot of problems at once and it isn't as modular as nostr: path finding, TCP/IP, LoRa etc.
I found this podcast very insightful in this context:
https://pod.link/1678531266/episode/bf4d8dc9698131921236d1524136f675
Meshmastic could still be useful as a discovery layer for TollGates to announce that they are in need of a gateway.
Each TollGate will have its own npub, meshmastic could even be used to transport some basic notes if needed..
Cool idea! It makes sense to reserve all negative numbers for private kinds since there could be any number of private kinds.
However, I wonder if there are any other things that also need their own space. Maybe a binary prefix (+ or -) limits the number of orthogonal kinds a bit much.
In Bitcoin we use `bc1` to indicate that an address is a bech32 main net address and `tb1` to indicate that it's a bech32 testnet addresses.
I wonder if we can introduce similar prefixes for nostr notes or signatures...
We are still looking for a way to accurately measure the user's data consumption, but there are also other open issues if you like.
Feel free to reach DM me if you need help setting up your router.
Nodogsplash is just a wifi captive portal. Nothing special about it. Now that we have cashu and lightning Bitcoin can do the things that it couldn't do in 2012...
Maybe Mt Gox is selling their Nvidia stocks to make the exchange hodlers whole 😂
If you're TollGate is profitable it can pay for a VPN using Bitcoin. If you want to contribute towards wifi infrastructure, but your still hesitant to route unknown traffic through your fiat internet gateway, you can use silent.link
If this is still too scary, you can just connect to someone else's TollGate and resell their gateway pseudonymously - this helps because it increases their range.
Walls stop you from getting somewhere. TollGates pay for the road that gets you where you want to go. The TollGate is for encouraging you to share your WiFi
When StratumV2 pool as DVM on nostr?
Currently I'm thinking of a wallet that sits on the router so that the router can shop for cheaper and better gateways. However, the user who buys data from the router might also benefit from a customeized wallet that keeps lots of small notes offline and automatically pays in small installments.
The router I'm working on (GLAR300m) usually has between zero and 500kb or remaining storage space. There is probably a lot of room for optimization though...