i wish i knew more locals that understood both meshtastic and #Bitcoin
AustinMesh.org has a pretty good page for building local communities
A concept for an entirely offline communications *and payment* network.
Meshtastic peer to peer mesh networking using lora radio devices
A cashu mint which allows for ecash to be sent peer to peer over the mesh
A client application in the style of Primal, but for Meshtastic nodes and ecash tokens
Internet and power go down and the mesh network still works, and the ecash can still be sent via the mesh.
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Discussion
I am just getting started, but believe it or not I am in Austin next month. I will check out Austin Mesh!
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How do you find it works in the city? Do nodes get reception at street level? Do you need repeaters on building tops? What's the ideal setup?
typically higher is better, and you don't need nodes on building tops but i do fantasize about this a lot
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Check this video conceptualizing radio waves in a city by visualizing them with light waves. Skip back to 4:16 for the start