bitchat: A fully offline, decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks.
No internet, no server, no phone numbers.
Projects like this are truly inspiring – especially for communication freedom during crises, protests, or internet shutdowns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking
(icymi)
A #meshnetwork is a local area network topology in which the infrastructure nodes (i.e. bridges, switches, and other infrastructure devices) connect directly, dynamically and non-hierarchically to as many other nodes as possible and cooperate with one another to efficiently route data to and from clients.
…Mesh networks dynamically self-organize and self-configure…This in turn contributes to fault-tolerance and reduced maintenance costs.
I've been following the #Meshtastic and #meshnetwork hashtags for a few months now. Cool article came out in Wired
https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-phone-dead-zones/
Do we know if there's much of a community/network in Toronto or Canada?
We’re thrilled to share that Meshtastic is featured in WIRED! 
A few of our devs were interviewed about building resilient, off-grid mesh networks—and our amazing community made it all possible.
Read it here: https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-phone-dead-zones/
In einem Video heißt es, Reticulum sei angetreten, "um das Internet zu ersetzen".
Aktuell steckt es noch in den Kinderschuhen (Beta), aber das klingt sehr vielversprechend, ermöglicht es doch eine Kommunikation über viele Verbindungen, egal ob ober Internet, Wifi, Satellit, Bluetooth, LoRa, aber auch Packet Radio, usw. - über ein Interface!
Es braucht nicht mal Internet Service Provider - also Anbietende wie Telekom, Vodafone, usw., sondern kann rein Peer-to-Peer übertragen werden.
Verschlüsselt. Nicht zensierbar, uvm.
Das kann was Großes werden!
Beschreibung auf der Website:
"Reticulum is the cryptography-based networking stack for building local and wide-area networks with readily available hardware. Reticulum can continue to operate even in adverse conditions with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth.
The vision of Reticulum is to allow anyone to operate their own sovereign communication networks, and to make it cheap and easy to cover vast areas with a myriad of independent, interconnectable and autonomous networks.
Reticulum is Unstoppable Networks for The People.
Reticulum is not one network. It is a tool for building thousands of networks. Networks without kill-switches, surveillance, censorship and control. Networks that can freely interoperate, associate and disassociate with each other.
Reticulum is Networks for Human Beings.
From a users perspective, Reticulum allows the creation of applications that respect and empower the autonomy and sovereignty of communities and individuals. Reticulum provides secure digital communication that cannot be subjected to outside control, manipulation or censorship.
Reticulum enables the construction of both small and potentially planetary-scale networks, without any need for hierarchical or beaureucratic structures to control or manage them, while ensuring individuals and communities full sovereignty over their own network segments.
(...)
It is not possible to establish unencrypted links in Reticulum networks.
It is not possible to send unencrypted packets to any destinations in the network."
Website:
reticulum.network
Screenshot aus:
"Eggceptional Meshnetworking
media.ccc.de/v/eh22-97-eggceptional-meshnetworking-
#Reticulum #ReticulumNetworkStack #RNS #MeshNetwork #NomadNetwork
When I flew back home, I had to fly over my hometown and catch a connecting flight back in.
Using a GPS-enabled #meshtastic node, I successfully managed to send a message from myself in the air down to a node I own and control on the ground while flying over.
These ad hoc comms networks are cool!
@geerlingguy for us as wireless community mesh network people with @freifunk for instance, #DFS is still a big problem, we still can't use 5GHz outdoor for a #MeshNetwork. I'm wondering if the #FCC were to delete DFS if maybe this could lead to some rethinking here in Europe with the #ETSI or in Germany with the @BNetzA, too.
#Documentacion de la experimentación con antenas #DIY #DIT de #reciclaje #reutilziacion de componentes alectrónicos para hacer redes en malla #meshnet para el espacio okupado #okupache en 2011 por parte del Hacklab Autónomo y compas del Cheraton, en Ciudad Monstruo #cdmx. Este proceso fue documentado por Guadalupe Rivera en: Muestra Libre. Reflexiones sobre Piratería, Software Libre y Diseño
https://edicioneslasocial.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/muestra-libre-web.pdf
@tazgetroete vielleicht müssen wir mal ein resilientes, ausfallsicheres, dezentrales Funk #Mesh Netzwerk über Bojen in der Ostsee in Betracht ziehen.
#Kritis #MeshNetwork #WLAN
Is its possible to have a #mastodon -like #fediverse #instance that uses #reticulum #meshnetwork #network like #nomadnet ?
( #reticulummeshchat is great but has no #group #chats at the moment )
I'm excited to check out @HSBXL tomorrow evening, while I'm in #Brussels for a few days. Last time I visited @HSBXL was for the @battlemesh v2 in 2009 and it got me deep into the #meshnetwork|s and esp. @batadv rabbit hole :D. If anyone has recommendations for cool events this week here or has co-working spaces recommendations during the day for programming, let me know :-).
A tiny 21€ Lillygo LoRa board with antenna hooked up to my Meshtastic network.
#Meshtastic onboarding easier than #Reticulum but uses only LoRa for communication. Range testing next.
You can tell I'm from Yorkshire. Commercial 3d boxes cost twice as much as the cost of the radio itself, so I drilled some holes in the original box it came in. Job done 
in 2004 we dreamed of a "free internet" that would actually connect you directly with the home hosted website of the local shop/library/friend without going through big commercial providers, using wifi to #meshnetwork the world ... now we just hope people realise their minds are captive of ad-driven fascists foreign megacorp and try to escape in sufficient numbers before it all explode ...
yes, #cyberpunk is here and now, and it's not even as fun as in the books ...
Just back from a blustery walk with Nettle with some pauses here and there to look at #meshtastic . My field expedient node holder fashioned from a buff/hat :) #dogsofmastodon #meshnetwork #LoRa
One of my first open source patches was for @pidgin, to fix some #IPv6 and #Bonjour / #mDNS issues in it. Bonjour chat and file transfer would allow to do so without needing a central server while we were on our decentral, layer 2 #batman_adv #meshnetwork at #Freifunk. Unfortunately we had to start filtering all #multicast in 2013 due to increased network sizes. Now, 11 years later with many new changes in #batman_adv and #Gluon we could reenable multicast at @ffhl. And Bonjour chat works again!
@jwildeboer @OLPC #meshNetwork is something we should really get as default in all #laptops and #phones. I will try to keep an eye on #IEEE802.11s
Season Two Episode Four: Solarpunk Music to Inspire Action with Thomas Cannon
On today’s episode, Ariel talks with Thomas Cannon about solarpunk music and his new album MESH NETWORK. What was the inspiration behind this work of solarpunk ambient music? What is solarpunk music, anyway, and how can it help us today to create the just, sustainable, and equitable future that we all want to live in? Join us for a discussion of the album tracks, artwork, instruments, the process of collaborative music-making, and more.
You can stream or buy MESH NETWORK at Bandcamp.com; bundled with the album purchase are the liner notes for each track as well as a beautiful art book.
EXCLUSIVE: Solarpunk Presents podcast listeners can get 50% off at checkout with the code “solarpunkpresents”
You can find and follow Thomas Cannon on his Bandcamp profile and at his personal website, thomascannon.me
https://youtu.be/qiLMtmYweCg?si=MZAKa1U9Ajt6Qyr4
#Episode #Season2 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #music #SolarpunkMusic #MeshNetwork #Bandcamp @tcannonfodder@mastodon.social @tcannonfodder@ruby.social @tcannonfodder@comicscamp.club @tcannonfodder@jawns.club @tcannonfodder@linernotes.club
FireChat was a tool for revolution. Then it disappeared.
https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/firechat-was-a-tool-for-revolution-then-it-disappeared/
