Bounty 20 BTC: Wi-Fi Hotspot, enabled by bitcoin - page 3.

Snail2

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Quote from: Transisto on February 14, 2015, 03:34:10 PM

Quote from: Kris on August 24, 2013, 11:24:47 PM

This is in fact one of the projects I am working on in my spare time.

However, I just finished this BitcoinWifi project!

http://bitcoinwifi.me/

Regards
Kris

The link redirect to something completely unrelated, https://bipsmarket.com/

This is the Github page for BitcoinWifi: https://github.com/ragmondo/BitcoinWifi
...and this is the project page: http://www.bitcoinwifi.net/

Bitcoin Explorer

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Quote from: killerjoegreece on December 15, 2015, 11:58:49 AM

https://github.com/aantonop/wifiportal21 i got a btc addy if you found that useful Cheesy

Requires a 21 Bitcoin computer though.

killerjoegreece

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https://github.com/aantonop/wifiportal21 i got a btc addy if you found that useful Cheesy

Newar

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https://gliph.me/hUF

Quote from: Transisto on February 14, 2015, 03:34:10 PM

Quote from: Kris on August 24, 2013, 11:24:47 PM

This is in fact one of the projects I am working on in my spare time.

However, I just finished this BitcoinWifi project!

http://bitcoinwifi.me/

Regards
Kris

The link redirect to something completely unrelated, https://bipsmarket.com/

That link is one and a half years old...

Transisto

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Quote from: Kris on August 24, 2013, 11:24:47 PM

This is in fact one of the projects I am working on in my spare time.

However, I just finished this BitcoinWifi project!

http://bitcoinwifi.me/

Regards
Kris

The link redirect to something completely unrelated, https://bipsmarket.com/

Kris

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This is in fact one of the projects I am working on in my spare time.

However, I just finished this BitcoinWifi project!

http://bitcoinwifi.me/

Regards
Kris

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Quote from: NewLiberty on August 22, 2013, 03:10:56 PM

Quote from: Newar on August 22, 2013, 10:09:24 AM

Quote from: NewLiberty on August 21, 2013, 04:17:55 PM

Why not just gateway for boingo or ipass or BT Openzone?

If I can get on boingo with BTC, that'd be great! They are everywhere, it seems.

Yes, I could set this up without much difficulty.
Have existing high level partnership relationships with these global wifi providers, and the authentication management elements.
The only concern is whether there is sufficient demand and how much I am willing to lose to find out.

After running some numbers, I can do this maybe with even less than 50 subscribers if we charged enough (yuck, I wish there were more of us). Can do a global rollout, and provide Bitcoin payment for most of the major WiFi providers. It would take a couple months, a small team of sub-contractors to share the bounty/revenue, and maybe a type-A, B-school grad to manage it as CEO once it is set up.

Snail2

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After a quick look at the available solutions Aruba with Amigopod can do this. If we are thinking in freeware solutions then Packetfence is a good solution. It has built-in billing support, so you just need an external payment processor, what gives the green light for the auth process. I'm going to playing a bit with this

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Quote from: Newar on August 22, 2013, 10:09:24 AM

Quote from: NewLiberty on August 21, 2013, 04:17:55 PM

Why not just gateway for boingo or ipass or BT Openzone?

If I can get on boingo with BTC, that'd be great! They are everywhere, it seems.

Yes, I could set this up without much difficulty.
Have existing high level partnership relationships with these global wifi providers, and the authentication management elements.
The only concern is whether there is sufficient demand and how much I am willing to lose to find out.

Newar

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https://gliph.me/hUF

Quote from: NewLiberty on August 21, 2013, 04:17:55 PM

Why not just gateway for boingo or ipass or BT Openzone?

If I can get on boingo with BTC, that'd be great! They are everywhere, it seems.

RodeoX

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The revolution will be monetized!

@NewLiberty Ahh, a reseller system, of course.

I was thinking of some kind of automated wallet running on a hacked-up router. But whatever. I would use this service whenever I travel.

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No technical development is needed. Just business development, a little marketing, a website, a payment gateway. The technology for this is old and already deployed.

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Quote from: RodeoX on August 21, 2013, 04:25:54 PM

Quote from: NewLiberty on August 21, 2013, 04:17:55 PM

Why not just gateway for boingo or ipass or BT Openzone?

I have heard of some of those, but do they take BTC? If so that's great. I just don't like giving my banking info so I can send an email from the airport.

They don't, point being I can set up as a reseller of these, accept your bitcoin purchases, and job is done. Globally, all airport, hotels, and cities everywhere.
There is no technical problem whatsoever for setting up a global WiFi ISP. It is a business problem only.

I know product managers at these companies. It can be done. It isn't even hard, the question that will make it happen is whether there is a market. If there are close to 100 subscribers globally, its going to be worth doing.

If we want additional privacy features, all that takes is setting up a RADIUS server and running RADIUS proxy through it for authentication, accounting and billing.

RodeoX

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Quote from: NewLiberty on August 21, 2013, 04:17:55 PM

Why not just gateway for boingo or ipass or BT Openzone?

I have heard of some of those, but do they take BTC? If so that's great. I just don't like giving my banking info so I can send an email from the airport.

NewLiberty

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Why not just gateway for boingo or ipass or BT Openzone?

RodeoX

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The revolution will be monetized!

Watching again.

I think this is a million dollar idea (or a BTC8771.929824561 idea).

fishy

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What do you call a fish with no eyes? A Fsh!

Watching!

Stephen Gornick

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Keeping an eye on this:

Bitcoin Wifi Hotspot running on Raspberry Pi.
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-wifi-hotspot-running-on-raspberry-pi-277584
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ko3sz

RAVENCROW

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can't wait to see someone pull this off sounds wicked awesome Cheesy

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Quote from: Stephen Gornick on June 14, 2012, 10:25:56 PM

The ability to share a router for use by the operator for internal use as well as offering access commercially.

Software License: [flexible, GPL or BSD]
Hardware supported: [incomplete] (probably WRT54G, etc., also Ubiquity Nanostation2)
Payment methods: Both Bitcoin or Voucher Code (i.e., a code for a 2 hour pass, 1 day pass, etc.)
Private access: Second SSID for internal use, WPA2 protection
LAN /ethernet: Full access
WLAN DHCP: Supported (optional)
WLAN Static IP: Supported (optional)
Remote admin: Supported (optional)

Someone with expertise in this area might want to consider creating a business plan to provide this and pitch it to BitAngels:
- http://www.bitangels.co

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