Just waiting for bitchat + geohash for android to see what all the fuss is about.
Going to be testing this in the Alps when Hochjagd (high hunting season) begins next month.
Discussion
What's geohash?
Basically shortening your latlong coords
I am very confussed about this bitchat. It uses Bluetooth, right? So it means I can communicate with someone 10m away?
Bluetooth LE but also think mesh network.
I get the mesh thing but it seems redundant if you need to light a bonfire every hundred yards to send a message. What happens when you live in Malta?
You teleport to Dubai 😂
That ability is in the app. Cool 😎
Yeah, some cool ideas about using it to combat propaganda in certain areas. https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs0dq4kq5apzcq09ad3pzkdjcp5jwkunaqqdcsyuprszg92ymmuayssjkvre
But that is the only time it would be useful. Or at a music/sports event. Even then you tend to be with the people you want to talk to. BLE has an even shorter range. Am I missing something? Nice idea but a bit like Da Vinci's helicopter, waiting for technology to advance
it bridges to nostr relays to go beyond your local bluetooth network.
How if no one is near you?
cellular or wifi connection
I'm in London. No one?
plug in each of those geocodes to see the region. careful screenshotting, i think they get pretty granular.