Meet BEWP: The Bitcoin-Enabled WIFI Portal
A new project was unveiled during this year’s annual Libertarian event Porcfest in New Hampshire called BEWP, a Bitcoin-Enabled Wi-Fi Portal that serves as a wireless connection through the internal router with a Bitcoin paywall. BEWP is a Bitcoin-Enabled Wi-Fi Portal. The Bitcoin-Enabled WIFI Portal (BEWP) was unveiled by Agorist Hosting, the tech firm....
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It's certainly not unusual in the bitcoin and blockchain industry to see several companies coalesce around a new use case for the technology. However, what may be novel about the sudden focus on Wi-Fi is the size and ubiquity of the consumer pain point. To date, startups such as the Boost VC-backed BitMesh and Wi-Fi services provider WIFI Metropolis are both developing concepts around the idea. The consensus? The popularity yet inaccessibility of Wi-Fi networks offers a compelling use case for bitcoin today, one that is more promising when compared to the costs consumers currently bear for....