Althea, mesh, web3 startups & product delivery

In this episode, we talk to Deborah Simpier and Justin Kilpatrick, co-founders of Althea, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) platform and blockchain that enables the coordination of multi-stakeholder networks. Althea is built for a fast and affordable, locally run internet. Althea's unique cooperative vision for the internet brings peering from the data center to the field. Empowering communities to build multi-stakeholder networks faster and more affordably than legacy telecom models. The core technology behind Althea is a price-aware routing protocol and blockchain-based payment system that debits and credits funds based on a router’s bandwidth usage. Althea decouples the service and infrastructure layers of Internet delivery and coordinates transparent and programmatic revenue sharing. Deborah’s Twitter Justin’s Twitter We spoke to the team about their journey with Althea, and: Open source & Linux Engineering & impacting the world Bridges & the philosophy behind building them Mesh & bandwidth Payment channels & TCR Cryptography Working nights & delivering products Routing & decentralization Delivering products Tools & libraries for web3 Economic incentives If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants Listen to the YouTube version Read our blog Check out our GitHub Join our Telegram Follow us on Twitter Sign up to the RSS feed Special Guests: Deborah Simpier and Justin Kilpatrick.Links:AltheaBitcoinCosmosEthereumGravity BridgeIBCSpank chainTendermintXDAI

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Citizen Web3 provides infrastructure services as a validator across the blockchain space. It is one of the oldest web3 podcasts in the space and a community of like-minded people. Our flagship product (in the making): www.validatorinfo.com is a dashboard and an explorer that helps you to discover validators across the space. We believe in the power of decentralized communities and the potential of blockchains to build a better world. For us blockchains are not just digital technologies, but they are similar to natural hives, forests, and patterns in the environment that allow us to communicate better. We value security, decentralization, privacy, and lack of enforcement. Open and verifiable blockchains should be viewed as digital nations and that our role is to help build and bring value to these nations.