From DevCon 5 in Osaka, Japan, Deborah Simpier, COO and cofounder of Althea Network, describes how this decentralized internet service provider works, what problem it's trying to solve, and how it uses Ethereum. She describes how neighbors provide each other with internet access, and how they pay each other automatically on pay-as-you-go plans using a stablecoin. She also covers how she came to found Althea, what challenges she faced in explaining how it worked to her non-crypto neighbors,  and Althea's plans to expand to other areas, including urban areas and Nigeria.  Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/eToro: https://crypto.com/en/index.htmlCipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmedEpisode links: Althea Network: https://althea.net/Deborah Simpier: https://twitter.com/DeborahSimpierCase study on Clatskanie: https://althea.net/clatskanie-case-studyDeborah’s talk at ETH Berlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD1tB0UFx78https://breakermag.com/how-mesh-networks-and-crypto-can-fill-the-rural-broadband-gap/Weekly news recap links:IRS GuidanceIRS press release: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/virtual-currency-irs-issues-additional-guidance-on-tax-treatment-and-reminds-taxpayers-of-reporting-obligationsGuidance on hard forks and airdrops: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rr-19-24.pdfCoin Center response: https://coincenter.org/entry/irs-cryptocurrency-guidance-answers-some-questions-while-raising-messy-new-onesIRS scenario that never happened: https://twitter.com/valkenburgh/status/1182022188343418880?s=20Marco Santori take: https://twitter.com/msantoriESQ/status/1181975909567475713?s=20Patrick Murck take: https://twitter.com/virtuallylaw/status/1181997761811628038?s=20Ethereum 2.0The transition from Ethereum 1.0 to 2.0: https://ethresear.ch/t/the-eth1-eth2-transition/6265Ethereum 2.0 cross-sharding composability: https://ethresear.ch/t/cross-shard-defi-composability/6268Wired article on Facebook/Libra connections: https://www.wired.com/story/ties-bind-facebooks-libra/ Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Rejection: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/42711/bitwises-bitcoin-etf-the-last-hope-has-been-deniedhttps://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/nysearca/2019/34-87267.pdfhttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitwise-comments-on-the-secs-order-regarding-the-bitwise-bitcoin-etf-trust-300935107.htmlhttps://twitter.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1182115344510402560?s=20https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1182149164177608704?s=20MakerDAO: https://blog.makerdao.com/breaking-launch-date-of-multi-collateral-dai-announced-at-devcon-5/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-10-05/crypto-rebels-trip-over-each-other-en-route-to-financial-utopiahttps://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-1-how-to-keep-a-crypto-collateralized-stablecoin-afloat/https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-2-how-dai-stayed-at-1-while-eth-crashed-from-1400-to-85/Placeholder on protocols: https://www.placeholder.vc/blog/2019/10/6/protocols-as-minimally-extractive-coordinatorsAli Yahya on why there will be multiple dominant blockchains: https://twitter.com/ali01/status/1181161407406071808?s=20QuadrigaCX widow to pay $9 million to affected users: https://www.coindesk.com/quadrigacx-founders-widow-will-cough-up-9-million-to-repay-users