Making Bitcoin Unstoppable Part One: Mesh Nets
It’s time we stop asking for permission. Build a mesh net and make Bitcoin unstoppable.This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine's "Censorship Resistant Issue." To get a copy, visit our store.In June 2020, people in Ethiopia faced an unpleasant surprise; following unrest caused by the killing of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa, the Ethiopian government successfully ordered a shutdown of the internet. For close to a month, over 100 million people were cut off from all internet services. In the same year, people of Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Chad,....
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Microsoft has announced the launch of a metaverse-inspired feature for its Teams app called Mesh. Mesh will allow users to introduce personalized avatars in digital worlds, making meetings more immersive. The platform is being announced on the heels of Facebook’s pivot to becoming a metaverse-dedicated company, changing its name to “Meta.”
Microsoft Embraces the Metaverse
Software behemoth Microsoft has announced it will release a metaverse-inspired solution for its Teams app called Mesh. With Mesh, users in meetings will feel more immersed because the app....
“BitMesh’s “ Wi-Fi Marketplace” allows people to leverage existing devices to share their internet connection with peers in exchange for monetary incentives.” BitMesh is a service that allows users to share internet connectivity and bandwidth. With the use of Bitcoin micropayments servers in the network gain incentive to share. The development team is....
Nets, a Nordic payment giant which traces its roots back to 1968, has joined hands with Coinify to establish a Blockchain Development Lab. Nets joins a long list of financial services firms who are exploring blockchain to benefit from this innovation which has the potential to disrupt the market. Nets – A Nordic Payment Giant. Nets was formed in 2009 through a merger between three leading companies (BBS, Teller and PBS) in the payment cards, payment solutions and payment information space. PBS, which was established in 1968, was one of the earliest players in the electronic payment space....
Today, XCurrency has released a brand new trustless mesh network that looks to create revolutionary advancement in privacy, scalability and mobility. This is the final component of the company's Rev 2 privacy solution and is a single protocol with many possibilities for users and enthusiasts. This new service will allow any node to communicate on behalf of others, without having to trust forwarding nodes. The addition of XC's trustless ad hoc mesh networking comes just months after the company announced XMixer, where nodes can earn revenue for the trustless forwarding of transactions. It....
On Wednesday, the Web3 digital identity platform Unstoppable Domains announced the company has secured $65 million in financing in a Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital. The latest funding gives Unstoppable Domains a post valuation of $1 billion, pushing the blockchain startup up to unicorn status. Unstoppable Domains Joins the Growing List of Crypto Unicorns, Raising $65 Million Unstoppable Domains, the company that’s issued more than 2.5 million non-fungible token (NFT) domains, revealed it has closed $65 million in a Series A funding round at a $1 billion valuation. The....