The paper explores how mobile internet users in South Africa optimize data usage due to limited or costly data, with strategies like disconnecting from the internet to save data.
He says Bitcoin emerged unexpectedly and gained widespread adoption before any serious analysis was conducted, leading to its use by thousands despite a lack of understanding about its security properties.
They engineered a new system called Alibi Routing, a peer-to-peer system that enables users to verify their data's path and avoid censored regions without modifying Internet infrastructure.
