TollGate on nostr

Recent Notes

Find TollGate at BitDevs Oslo this afternoon and get it installed on one of the second hand routers someone is going to bring and keep the router to bring back home and to deploy

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TollGate

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Next Community Call Thursday the 21st!

Join us for our monthly community call to discuss the latest developments in the TollGate project and the future of decentralized internet access.

This is a great opportunity to connect with the core team and other community members, ask questions, and share your ideas.

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Time:
- Eastcoast USA: 8:00 am (08:00)
- Europe CET: 2:00 pm (14:00)
- Cobrador Island (Shanghai): 9:00 pm (21:00)

What we have been up to:
- tollgate-rs Rust implementation entering design phase.
- New Wireless Gateway Manager (WGM) for managing upstream connections + mint reliability.
- ESP32 + StratumV2: nonces as bearer instruments.
- Pico balloon version of TollGate in progress.
- Comprehensive hardware testing for router-to-router payments.
- OpenWRT 25.x support and opkg/apk package distribution.
- Android app for automatic internet purchases from TollGate upstreams.
- net4sats building a new frontend on top of TollGate.

We will be discussing:
- Recent project milestones.
- Upcoming features and roadmap.
- Community contributions and how to get involved.
- Open Q&A session at the end.

The Call:
https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/TollGate-Community-Call

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TollGate Deployment · 2w

Links from today's community call highlights: Wireless Gateway Manager (WGM) https://github.com/OpenTollGate/tollgate-module-basic-go/pull/109 https://github.com/OpenTollGate/tollgate-module-basic-go/pull/117 https://github.com/OpenTollGate/tollgate-module-basic-go/pull/122 tollgate-rs Rust implem...

TollGate Deployment · 6w

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TollGate · 6w

Next Community Call Tuesday the 21st! Join us for our monthly community call to discuss the latest developments in the TollGate project and the future of decentralized internet access. This is...

TollGate @TollGate 1776779437

- **FOMO-driven dev!** 🚀
- Agenda: Cleanup/bugs, net4sats, Rust version/docs, **FIPS API & TollGate implications**, OpenWRT 25/feeds, LuCI, balloon range tests, reds CLI, lightning payments, **TollGate app**, conferences
- Key shares:
- [net4sats.com](https://net4sats.com/)
- [learn.fips.network](https://learn.fips.network/)
- **New tollgate-rs**: github.com/OpenTollGate/tollgate-rs
- TollGate README: https://github.com/OpenTollGate/tollgate/blob/fe5d8086a00929f5b5c040e2f18b2c78f4e0b7b7/README.md

Please enhance with context that is missing here.

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TollGate

@TollGate 1776773060

Starting in 1 hour!

TollGate @TollGate · 6w

TollGate

@TollGate 1776675564

Next Community Call Tuesday the 21st!

Join us for our monthly community call to discuss the latest developments in the TollGate project and the future of decentralized internet access.

This is a great opportunity to connect with the core team and other community members, ask questions, and share your ideas.

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Time:
- Eastcoast USA: 8:00 am (08:00)
- Europe CET: 2:00 pm (14:00)
- Cobrador Island (Shanghai): 9:00 pm (21:00)

We'll be discussing:
- Recent project milestones.
- Upcoming features and roadmap.
- Community contributions and how to get involved.
- Open Q&A session at the end.

The Call:
https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/TollGate-Community-Call

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lgtm · 6w

Monthly calls are fine, but “future of decentralized internet access” needs specifics. What changed in TollGate since last month: protocol, threat model, operator incentives, abuse handling, and client UX? A roadmap without those is just vibes.

PixelBob · 6w

I like tollgate, and fips, keen to hear a bit more about how the two will proceed? Seems like fips could do the bulk of the functionality.

Crox Road · 6w

Decentralized internet access is key to Bitcoin's success.

TollGate Deployment · 6w

14:00 CET --> 15:00 CEST

TollGate · 6w

TollGate Deployment · 6w

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqszm8882vpz0wdtujpm93k0hhhyjh7frva667j8dj5c7pr8w25u70g4tc5fc Notes from nostr:nprofile1qyfhwumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetsv9njuetn9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcqyqtrfwrmtl8affkyluhjmct52rxvu3he40stq2n3sak9jmkpvkl76s5yz6c

AU9913 · 9w

I bet if you posted a lightning invoice for your internet folks would pay it I wonder if/how nostr:nprofile1qqspp9hkhc9y6lcwesklfmfvs6plzsl0eq0whglvumd2m5hu5ax8anqprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmgv95k6cfwd9...

TollGate @TollGate 1775897336

Starlink probably doesn't work there, but if it did a TollGate operator could charge for access to that starlink thus enabling anyone to connect. @Pegah is it safe for you to share what kind of internet connection you are using?

Are you within 600 kilometers of a place where the internet is easily accessible?

TollGate · 11w

Next Community Call Saturday the 21st! Join us for our monthly community call to discuss the latest developments in the TollGate project and the future of decentralized internet access. This i...

TollGate @TollGate 1774102252

Notes on developments since last community call:

## Deployments
- kenya
- Bitcoin Kakuma
- UN Refugee camp
- Challenges
- Madeira
- Gateways
- Santo António
- Central Funchal
- Setup directional antennas to create a mesh throughout Funchal
- Anyone can connect
- Austria
- Starlink upstream
- 3 locations on mountainous terrain (line of sight)
- park4night
- Cafe in Canada
- Virtual ISP with VPN servers

## UX
* [Lock to npub](https://github.com/Amperstrand/cdk/tree/feat/fakewallet-manual-approval) for Ritik Mints
* [onboarding notes](https://github.com/OpenTollGate/deployment-notes)
* Significant [FIPS adoption](https://github.com/jmcorgan/fips), [podcast here](https://pod.wave.co/podcast/citadel-dispatch/cd193-fips-fixing-the-internet)

## Software
- router to router autopay & [protocol updates](https://github.com/OpenTollGate/tollgate-module-basic-go/tree/feature/router-to-router-autopay)
- antenna tracker

## Roadmap 2026
- Pico Balloons with SX1280
- FIPS for serving content from behind a firewall
- UX improvements
- Actively work with people deploying tollgate networks & provide support
- Improve onboarding
- rust Library
- extract core functionality of TollGate
- CDK for wallet
- agent-friendly
- support more targets
- Spillman channels
- esp32
- Support for esp32 devices

TollGate

@TollGate 1773931819

Next Community Call Saturday the 21st!

Join us for our monthly community call to discuss the latest developments in the TollGate project and the future of decentralized internet access.

This is a great opportunity to connect with the core team and other community members, ask questions, and share your ideas.

Date: Sat, March 21, 2025

Time:
- Eastcoast USA: 8:00 am (08:00)
- Europe CET: 2:00 pm (14:00)
- Cobrador Island (Shanghai): 9:00 pm (21:00)

We'll be discussing:
- Recent project milestones.
- Upcoming features and roadmap.
- Community contributions and how to get involved.
- Open Q&A session at the end.

The Call:
https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/TollGate-Community-Call

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SatsAndSports · 11w

A small comment: I'm not expecting the cashu channels to become bidirectional (i.e. like LN-Penalty) Or more precisely, even if someone implements bidirectional (something I've thought about a lot), the unidirectional (i.e. Spilman) variant is still a lot simpler and more efficient. The unidirect...

TollGate Deployment · 11w

TollGate · 11w

Joel 🇨🇭 · 12w

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TollGate @TollGate 1773566077

I think @Arjen recently created an OpenWRT package for it. I'm sure contributions are welcome though..

TollGate

@TollGate 1771515882

Next Community Call Saturday the 21st!

Join us for our monthly community call to discuss the latest developments in the TollGate project and the future of decentralized internet access.

This is a great opportunity to connect with the core team and other community members, ask questions, and share your ideas.

Date: Sat, February 21, 2025

Time:
- Eastcoast USA: 8:00 am (08:00)
- Europe CET: 2:00 pm (14:00)
- Cobrador Island (Shanghai): 9:00 pm (21:00)

We'll be discussing:
- Recent project milestones.
- Upcoming features and roadmap.
- Community contributions and how to get involved.
- Open Q&A session at the end.

The Call:
https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/TollGate-Community-Call

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Arjen · 15w

## Deployments - kenya - Bitcoin Kakuma - UN Refugee camp - Challenges - Madeira - Gateways - Santo António - Central Funchal - Setup directional antennas to create a mesh throughout Funchal - Anyone can connect - Austria - Starlink upstream - 3 locations on mountainous terrain (line ...

TollGate

@TollGate 1768664538

Next Community Call Wednestday the 21st!

Join us for our monthly community call to discuss the latest developments in the TollGate project and the future of decentralized internet access.

This is a great opportunity to connect with the core team and other community members, ask questions, and share your ideas.

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2025

Time:
- Eastcoast USA: 8:00 am (08:00)
- Europe CET: 2:00 pm (14:00)
- Cobrador Island (Shanghai): 9:00 pm (21:00)

We'll be discussing:
- Recent project milestones.
- Upcoming features and roadmap.
- Community contributions and how to get involved.
- Open Q&A session at the end.

The Call:
https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/TollGate-Community-Call

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TollGate Deployment · 19w

Feel free to add your things in the comments if you want them to go on the agenda: https://primal.net/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpslz866785q0rze0favgmrxmc4yxfzl8vx7ajzqjrpklgcpa0j4fqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqjqamnwvaz7tmzd968xct59ekk7mr0dekxzcn99e5x7mryd9hxwue0qq08gmmvd3nkzar9943k7mtdw4hxjare943kzmrv94skw...