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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @ZezzebbulTheMysterious 13 Jan \ on: TollGate enables WIFI routers to accept Bitcoin payments for internet access bitcoin_beginners
I am not convinced this has a place these days.
In 2006, Fon started the whole Internet sharing thing by establishing community wifi using their customers.
Then in 2019, The Helium project launched a shitcoin to do this.
There have been many open source projects that let you run a captive portal and resell access. Ive rarely seen it done properly.
In 2025, Wifi internet is so ubiquitous that it is not worthwhile to meter it. We have starlink and fast cellular internet most places.
I personally would never pay for wifi, least of all with precious sats.
Both starlink and subscription cellular require that you reveal your legal identity and meatspace location, as well as to purchase fiat to pay their monthly bills
Tollgate is a promise of free (as in freedom) internet, without fiat subscription shackles
Would you be prepared to earn some precious sats for sharing your connection?
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No, because I do not wish to assume liability for my users access.
Any traffic from them is attributable to the gateway selling access, eg: connection owner.
This just moves the problem up the stack, its not freedom internet, its reselling a non-freedom internet and accepting your users liability.
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this is why a vpn is an integral part of tollgate
it's not for everyone, though, admittedly.