Observed arrival · 2026-10-10
Bandwidth Swap’s hundred-byte receipt
A draft protocol proposes that neighbors resell network capacity hop by hop, with payment receipts serving as proof that data arrived.
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- The proposed receipt is about 100 bytes, small enough for a LoRa packet, according to the page.
Field notes
The draft rejects self-reported uptime and speed in favor of a payer-signed receipt tied to delivered bytes. It describes LoRa as the control channel for receipts and announcements, with a second radio carrying data; the specific data radio depends on terrain. The page identifies the project as a v0.2 draft and pilot phase 0, so its market and kit are presented as a design and build effort rather than a verified operating network.
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