#Bitchat needs #Reticulum (#meshtastic or #LoRa). They compliment one another. Bitchat can work on the device already in your hand via Bluetooth, but Bitchat lacks range (silly to text chat with the person 20 feet away). Reticulum requires special hardware & skills (99% of people will not buy specialized hobbyist geek hardware), but Reticulum has range. They complement one another. "MeshCore" just came out to bring them together. See it here: https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpk4kccr9csumnwhmpv83ladqc6p88089cx2e5s2c4448ppgl2pakqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qpqa4zg8q70qj6qu87j0ajauxf2wcznfh2s3war7ug067dsu3ldjkhs0qd2p4 I theorized on the concept last summer: https://stacker.news/items/1030661
Specialized hardware for Reticulum?
Any ethernet device
Almost all WiFi-based hardware
LoRa using RNode
Packet Radio TNCs
KISS-compatible hardware and software modems
Any device with a serial port
TCP over IP networks
UDP over IP networks
External programs via stdio or pipes
Custom hardware via stdio or pipes
I understand it's versatile, that's great. My point is that most people already have a phone in their hand. I don't think many will go out and get a LoRa device and definitely aren't going to read and follow through technical details for how to get it to work.
