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TollGate

Connection grown between neighbors.

TollGate brings bearer payments to network access. It combines payment handling, captive portal access control, and gateway discovery so people can buy connectivity in small increments.

TollGate

Pay for access, as you need it

The system includes Merchant for ecash payments, Valve for access control, Crows Nest for gateway discovery, and Janitor for updates. The work connects payments to the actual delivery of a network resource.

The roots of FIPS

TollGate was developed during SEC-02, with captive portal work continuing during SEC-07. Its networking work also spawned FIPS, which explores the peer-to-peer connections underneath applications.

Roots & further growth.

From the cohort archive

SEC-02TollgateSEC-07TollGate Captive Portal
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