Re: [lime-users] vouchers / vale.sh replacement

On Sat, 2017-08-05 at 16:24 -0500, Patricio Gibbs wrote: No updates, sorry... no time yet to get here. If there is any developer that wants to get on this, I can share with him the aproach we had... but for me it is difficult now... will get on this later this year.

> On 06/03/2017 05:58 AM, Nicolas Pace wrote: > > Hi guys, > > Thank you for your input. > > For this project we are following an emergent design. > > The idea is to have the bare minimum implemented for > > communities > > to  > > install and uninstall, enable and disable... So we can work > > together  > > through experimentation to find out the most valuable features > > and > > make  > > them added earlier. > > We are focusing on some community networks... If your community > > wants to  > > participate on the design process, please right to me in > > private > > and  > > tell me about the community. That will allow us to prioritize. > > > > Bruno , great that you want to contribute by coding... Let's > > talk > > in  > > private, shall we? So we can organize ourselves, > > > > On June 1, 2017 5:49:03 PM GMT+03:00, bruno vianna <bruno@pobox > > .com > > > wrote: > > > > > >                  3) Codes expire and get recycled, yes? > > > > > >             I think the codes should be long enough so that we > > keep > >             creating them > >             and never have to recycle. > > > > > >         Why? For programming reasons? For ease of use in a > > particular case? > > > >         With 5 characters, that's probably enough (11,881,376), > > and > > with > >         7 definitely enough (8,031,810,176) to never repeat on > > that > > network. > > > >         Would it save processor energy on the router? Or maybe > > it > > would > >         fill up memory on the router? > > > > > >     I think it would be easier if you don't have to keep track > > of > >     expired vouchers, but I guess it's question for the coders. > > > > > > > > > > > >                  7) When a voucher expires, keep the code > > reserved > > in > >             the system for > >                  10% of the time it was valid, in case the > > person > > wants > >             to renew the > >                  voucher. Examples: > >                  -- A 1 hour voucher of a library/ciber visitor > > expires, > >             and they > >                  have a 6-minute grace period to request > > another > > hour on > >             their > >                  voucher. The admin interface makes extending > > the > >             voucher easy. > >                  -- A 1 month voucher has a 3-day grace period. > > The > >             device doesn't > >                  have access once the voucher expires, but > > renewing > > is > >             easy: the > >                  admin doesn't have to create a new voucher, > > and > > the > >             person doesn't > >                  have to enter a new code. > > > > > >             Are you thinking of an online payment system to get > > the > >             vouchers? Then > >             perhaps the access to the merchant page could be > > always > > open > >             (filter by > >             domain). Or the merchant page could be in the > > captive > >             portal, which is > >             always accessible. > > > >         Money in Caimito is all cash, with an occasional check, > > and > > no > >         cards or online payment so far. I can imagine some > > tourists > >         paying by card or some online system if it were > > available. > > Some > >         (maybe most) of the people here don't even have bank > > accounts > >         (beyond the Caimito community bank). I can imagine a > > community > >         currency being created and used to pay for Internet > > access. > > > > > > > >     Yes, most of the communities I work with will use cash > > instead > > of > >     plastic. I just got curious because if that is the case, > > how > > can you > >     extend the voucher just by the admin interface? The user > > will > > go > >     physically to the admin and pay him? I was thinking more of > > the > > case > >     where the admin might not be available, and it will be > > faster > > for > >     the user to get a new voucher from a local shop. I think > > it's > > very > >     interesting to understand the different scenarios of > > community > >     networks. > > > >     A community currency would be awesome, and I wonder how can > > the > >     local network be a facilitator for it -  blockchains > > running on > > routers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lime-users mailing list > > lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org > > https://lists.libremesh.org/mailman/listinfo/lime-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > lime-users mailing list > lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org > https://lists.libremesh.org/mailman/listinfo/lime-users