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Althea Whitepaper

Althea Whitepaper

Updated Althea and Althea L1 whitepaper

Althea Unlock Connectivity Grant Winners: Four our Future

Althea Unlock Connectivity Grant Winners: Four our Future

Hawk Networks is pleased to announce Four Our Future Indigenous Economics Ltd is the winner of the 2022 Unlock Connectivity Grant. FOF will be building and supporting indigenous connectivity capacity building in Canada using KeyLTE, a revolutionary solution combining the world’s first home router embedded EPC (LTE core/Evolved

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

End of Year Recap 2021

Althea Blockchain

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

Althea Blockchain

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

Althea Blockchain

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

Community Network

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”).

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

Althea Blockchain

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!

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.

Community Network Featured

Althea in 2020

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

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/

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.

Althea Community Update, Summer 2020

Althea Community Update, Summer 2020

On a farm in Oregon, a camera system watches over a herd of goats. The does are near their time to kid, and the farmer watches over them while on-the-go with the nearby online cameras. Watching livestock with cameras has become relatively easy and commonplace in modern, rural life, but

Going Where Others Cannot

Going Where Others Cannot

Althea's core premise is our "neighbour to neighbour, pay-per-forward" model. A model that revolutionizes how internet service is owned, provided and paid for. Why did we reinvent the wheel? What can Althea do that traditional ISPs cannot?

Press Release: Enfield, NC

Wave 7 New Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Internet Service Provider (ISP) launches in Enfield N.C., offering new way to access broadband internet. [Enfield -- June 2nd 2020] Althea [https://althea.org/], a system that enables communities to build and maintain their own decentralized internet infrastructure, today announced

Press Release: Knappa, OR

Clatskanie Co-op Launches High Speed Broadband Service in Knappa, OR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clatskanie Co-op is excited to announce that it is ready to expand its Althea high speed fixed wireless internet service into Knappa in collaboration with local IT professional Stephen Shumaker. The central connection to fiber, located at

Press Release: Watertown, TN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Elwell Internet Brings Inexpensive, Reliable Internet Access to Wilson County Watertown,Tennessee,May 29,2020-- Co-Founders of Elwell Internet, Derek Elwell and Dylan Thraen,have partnered with Althea Networks to provide faster, cheaper, de-centralized wireless broadband to residents, business owners, and schools in the Wilson County communities

Althea Blockchain Update

Althea Blockchain Update

We want to begin by sincerely thanking all our validators and community members who have supported our project through many months! TL;DR * In 2019, we successfully completed the testing of our custom transaction library and Althea testnets 1-4. * In late 2019, we began work on the design and evaluation

Althea in Nigeria

Althea in Nigeria

Written by Yakubu Yakubu, Nigerian Network Operator/Coordinator Diplomats Park Nigeria has the largest population in Africa at about 200million citizens. However, only 46% of the population have internet access via cellular carriers. Many people lack adequate and qualitative internet connectivity, This is due in part to inefficiency in coming