Interview of Vitalik Buterin: Incentivized Mesh Network and Paid Wifi Access Hotspots Are Two Areas Where Blockchain Technology Can Be Applied

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2 min readJun 25, 2018

On June 22th, Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, accepted an interview with 10 Questions with Fred Wang and answered questions about Ethereum, application of blockchain technology, virtual currency supervision, status quo and development of blockchain industry and so on.

In the fourth question of the interview, Vitalik believes that incentivized Mesh Network and paid wifi access hotspots are two areas where blockchain technology can be applied. He feels that there are still many people who cannot access Internet connections. Some internet connections have also been blocked by passwords. Although there are some solutions, they still cannot meet the huge demand for Internet access. He also believes that incentivized Mesh Network can exert great potential in the humanitarian field, but this potential is currently overlooked.

In fact, this is not the first time that Vitalik has expressed his preference for Mesh Network. In 2017, he said on Twitter that Mesh Network is truly a decentralized network. IntelliShare, as one of the research institutions of the Mesh blockchain ecosystem, aims to create a peer-to-peer distributed mobile network ecosystem that combines the value of Mesh Network with blockchain technology to deliver value, lock in value, and decentralize which is the Mesh Network that Vitalik mentioned.

Intellishare Mesh Network is a self-developed link protocol with self-connection, self-repair, self-extension, self-routing, and self-balancing capabilities. At the same time, each node can have an auto-routing function and a automatic accounting function. And then, confirms the value of each node’s contribution to the overall Mesh network through blockchain ledger technology by token reward mechanism. Most of the node devices can automatically connect wirelessly into a mesh structure. Each node communicates only with neighboring nodes to form a dedicated custom LAN. It is possible to build a flexible, self-contained, dedicated mobile network without a backbone network.

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