This happened during a demo of Tollgate, a tool for OpenWRT routers which let's users pay for WiFi with sats-denominated ecash. Friend of mine connects his phone to the wifi hotspot and is shown a captive portal that says it wants ecash from a certain mint. Friend doesn't have ecash. But I do.

I whip out my phone and create a 100 sat token, show it to him as a QR code, which he copies and pastes into the captive portal. A few seconds later, he's online. 1 sat = 1 minute internet.

We're just scratching the surface of what's possible.


One amazing thing I learned about (out of many) at the ecash conference

A router for sharing internet

Someone from India, living in a place with a lot of internet access problems, built a set-up where people can buy internet without having any internet in the first place. 1 sat per minute

He built a captive portal that you log into and the page says — I take ecash from this one mint, get ecash from there and paste it into this text box — you paste it in, hit enter, and you’re online

You’ve made an offline payment and voila, you're now online

There are many exciting Bitcoin developments happening but it's becoming more clear that ecash is a wholly different, complementary technology that does different things, including many things that Bitcoin can't do no matter how many upgrades it gets


Beyond - Daft Punk


PrivacyTechPro tip:

Your router likely has proprietary software installed from a large company that has full access to your internet connection and can "call home" at any minute.

Use a hardware firewall and a VPN on your network.

Every IOT (Internet of Things) device you connect to your home network not only announces your IP address, but also expands your network attack surface to hackers.

I recommend #Protectli Vault Pro VP242 4x 2.5G as a hardware firewall for most client's home and small business networks.

#cybersecgirl #privacytechpro #network #security

https://protectli.com/product/vp2420/


Word is there's going to be a leadership change at @Vanguard_Group… https://video.nostr.build/51528e523afd40e43a6e84180926f2c73f6efa7db2d346850c8e82f563755741.mp4


https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/size/w1200/2023/12/mempool-goggles.png
Recently learned about a fairly new feature in the mempool: Mempool Goggles.

This lets the user target certain blocks, and activity within those blocks, such as a coinjoin.

As freedom tech evolves, the cat and mouse game continues.

This article explores Mempool Goggles: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/introducing-mempool-goggles/
This article explores bitcoin fungibility in an increasingly surveilled environment: https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/fungibility-graveyard/
Thanks to the following for an enlightening and civilized discussion: nostr:npub1ppjkfvk0ek3g584gp7qp9d3znwdznadchet7q2aez9r27620n9zs45xvx2 nostr:npub14a6q6xvt4wuv0wpdpfr336e4fweldtu6np3ehpw55h83xuw2h2zsgyz6rn nostr:npub1tr4dstaptd2sp98h7hlysp8qle6mw7wmauhfkgz3rmxdd8ndprusnw2y5g
EZ at nobsbitcoin.com

#privacy #security #surveillance #censorship #government #freedomtech #nobsbitcoin #monero #bitcoin #coinjoin #mempool #google