Could it have optional feature of connecting over regular network, but still based on geolocation? Opens doors to many more people around (our bluetooth mesh won't go above 50m...)
It's ready!
Bitalk: connect and talk face-to-face with interesting people around you who share the same interests as you, using cutting-edge Bluetooth mesh networking!
https://chronicle.dtonon.com/367a812a79fdefe140e9bd2818a4e94f7e0dae87ef674e267037b735b53a7624.mp4
Bitalk is in beta stage, I need to fine-tune the UI&UX a bit, but it should work pretty well already. Test it and give back feedback!
Download Bitalk for Android:
https://github.com/dtonon/bitalk/releases
More info and source code:
https://github.com/dtonon/bitalk
Thanks nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m and nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg for the inspiration!
Discussion
It would be more complex (it would require a server somewhere) and this would expose the position of the users. Working at some distance it would also require a different way to contact the user.