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Althea Platform

Althea Platform

Althea is a platform for distributed payments in a cooperative or multi-entity network. It combines a micro-transaction framework for programmatic and near real-time payments between peers. Althea network offers a powerful vision for the future by removing the friction of legacy structures and unlocking access to finance and connectivity for

Unlock Connectivity Grant 2022

Unlock Connectivity Grant 2022

Application window is open 8/1/2022 through 10/01/2022 @ 5pm PDT Application link: https://forms.gle/9mmyuAWgaNjvL1Rm9 Who can apply: New and existing network operators including municipalities, cooperatives, tribal, non-profit, and other organizational structures that operate a network. Award: up to $15,000 of LTE Equipment to build

Case Study - TreeLink in California

Case Study - TreeLink in California

The Althea technology and platform is a powerful set of composable tools for building networks in even the most challenging environments. Components like a flexible billing system, automatic revenue share system, smart routing and monitoring are like “broadband legos” for building networks virtually anywhere. In 2020, that’s exactly what

End of Year Recap 2021

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End of Year Recap 2021

Along the journey we have pushed the boundaries of interoperability and shared infrastructure and boldly established new networks where legacy telco could not. I am excited to share with you the new frontiers we explored in 2021 and an ambitious roadmap to 2022.

Althea + Hub Advanced Networks Announce Commitment to Puerto Rico 5G Zone Initiative

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Althea + Hub Advanced Networks Announce Commitment to Puerto Rico 5G Zone Initiative

Althea is announcing a new partnership with 5G zone contributor, Hub Advanced Networks, to build and expand new broadband networks and support telecom innovation as part of the Puerto Rico 5G Zone & Blockchain Ignition Lab initiative. PR5G Zone & Blockchain Ignition Lab is a new, non-profit, Advanced Innovation Development and Test

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Althea FAQ

Althea: Frequently Asked Questions The FAQ for you We are excited to begin preparations for the Althea blockchain launch! The Althea blockchain is the future of telecommunications and consumer financial services. Creating a decentralized, secure, and reliable platform for Althea’s pay-per-forward bandwidth market.‌ What is Althea? Why does Althea

Althea Blockchain : Time to Claim for 2019 airdrop!

Althea Blockchain

Althea Blockchain : Time to Claim for 2019 airdrop!

Announcing the upcoming Althea blockchain launch! We are excited to begin preparations for the Althea blockchain launch! The Althea blockchain is the future of telecommunications and consumer financial services. Creating a decentralized, secure, and reliable platform for Althea’s pay-per-forward bandwidth market. About the Althea Blockchain: Last mile telecom infrastructure

Gravity Bridge

Infrastructure is a shared dream for a better tomorrow, built today. It requires long term thinking, solid engineering, and most of all a shared dream for a better future. Althea created Cosmos Gravity Bridge as infrastructure for the Cosmos community. We are proud to announce Gravity Bridge - an independent

North Carolina Althea Network wins EPIC grant

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North Carolina Althea Network wins EPIC grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: LaShawn Williamson Wave 7 Communications, LLC Phone: 877-356-0741 ext. 1012 3125 Kathleen Ave, Suite 229 Email: lashawn@wave7comm.net Greensboro, NC 27408 Wave 7 Communications, LLC is an Internet Service Provider, empowering the rural community of Enfield, NC to not only become users of their high-speed

How Smart Contracts on Blockchain Can Bring Broadband to All

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How Smart Contracts on Blockchain Can Bring Broadband to All

Written by Isfandiyar Shaheen [https://ishaheen10.medium.com/?source=post_page-----17a1e73137e0--------------------------------] , founder of NetEquity, and shared with permission The short answer: * Smart contracts on blockchain make revenue share contracts possible between stakeholders of a broadband network. * Revenue share contracts reduce the amount of risk capital required to build and operate

NetEquity and Althea announce strategic partnership to build broadband networks by using smart contracts

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NetEquity and Althea announce strategic partnership to build broadband networks by using smart contracts

NetEquity Networks and Althea Networks have entered into a strategic partnership to finance, build and operate last-mile broadband networks. Our first project will be in rural Nebraska where we will leverage the fiber optic network owned by OPTK Networks (“OPTK”).

The Gravity well: Pulling DeFi capital to Cosmos

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The Gravity well: Pulling DeFi capital to Cosmos

Migrating years of infrastructure and onboarding from Ethereum is a hard climb. Using Gravity, well, it's as easy as falling.

Thoughts on the Interconnection between Communications and Financial Services

Thoughts on the Interconnection between Communications and Financial Services

Financial empowerment and the ownership and choice of communications are the key pillars to solving the digital divide. Recent numbers from Microsoft [https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/03/05/update-connecting-rural-america/] indicate that over forty percent of people in the US do not access the internet at broadband speeds, a

Gravity Bridge - V2

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Gravity Bridge - V2

Althea is excited to announce the completion and test of the first transaction of a Cosmos based token (ALTG) to test ethereum (Goerli) using the second iteration of Althea Gravity, the Cosmos <> Ethereum bridge!

How Gravity works

How Gravity works

Gravity is a bridge between Ethereum and Cosmos-based blockchains. In this post, I’ll try to document how the whole system works, in an understandable way, at a medium level of detail.

Althea Testnet #1 Launched!

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Althea Testnet #1 Launched!

Today we launched Althea Testnet #1 with more than twenty validators! A big thank you to everyone who participated and took the time to setup a node. We're looking forward to a bright future for the Althea blockchain when it's launched late next month.

Announcing the Cosmos Gravity Bridge

Announcing the Cosmos Gravity Bridge

We're proud to announce the Ethereum-Cosmos bridge, Gravity, which we will to bring to the Cosmos Hub with a governance proposal later this year.

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Althea in 2020

2020 has been a banner year for Althea. With enormous progress and a forward looking future.

Peggy Dev Update #4

Peggy Dev Update #4

Lets take a quick walk from Rinkeby to Peggy Testnet #1 and back.

Peggy Dev update #3

Peggy Dev update #3

Crossing the bridge: Ethereum -> Cosmos on Rinkeby! This Saturday we hosted Peggy BrokenNet #1. Over the course of our rapid 4 hour test we 1. Successfully deployed a 10 validator Cosmos blockchain with the Althea-Peggy Cosmos module 2. Successfully deployed the Peggy Ethereum contract [https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/address/

Blockchain bridges vs payment channels

Blockchain bridges vs payment channels

Bridges and payment channels (or “atomic swaps”) are both techniques to move value and tokens from one blockchain to another (although payment channels also have many other uses). Both techniques have different tradeoffs and do fundamentally different things. They are both frequently hyped as providing cross-chain compatibility, so I wanted

Peggy Dev Update #2

Peggy Dev Update #2

End to end validator set updates + even more efficiency

Building Infrastructure Collaboratively

Building Infrastructure Collaboratively

Althea is excited to announce a partnership with Iqlusion and several Cosmos projects to form a new collaboration focused on the development of bridges, tools, and infrastructure for blockchain projects.

Contributing to Althea Peggy

Contributing to Althea Peggy

Good projects are built on good tooling. In the case of the Peggy Cosmos <-> Ethereum bridge developer tooling is a particularly complex problem. If you want to test Peggy end to end you need to build and deploy a full software stack for two different blockchains. For the experienced this

Peggy dev update #1:

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Peggy dev update #1:

75% of the cost of your transfer across the bridge is a simple state update in an ERC20 contract. We manage to fit all the hashing and verifications for 125 signatures into 25% of the cost!