I actually implemented BT-LE in the #GRW prototype, a couple of weeks ago, but it sort of went under from lack of interest and now that project is on hold, while we scramble to get the git server running. We've hit a server-coding snag. It's not a very interesting app, without the server integration.
Interesting, how the Nostr hive mind mind seems to steer different projects in the same direction. Like a school of fish.
A high school of fish tho 😅
What do you specifically use there tech for in grw?
I just vibe-coded it into the web app. Didn't work very well and when I showed it to the GitCitadel guys, they were like *yawn* Who cares about Bluetooth? That's so obvious.
Famous last words. 🤪😂
I love the possibilities of sneakernet x Bluetooth mesh to circumvent censorship.
You stop at the coffee shop, get some groceries, or just walk around town visiting friends, and your personal relay fills with notes you don't have, while updating others with unseen notes from yours. You craft replies and make your own notes at home, to complete the cycle again tomorrow. All out of the view of the authorities, without your data being centralized on a faceless server somewhere, ready to be scanned, analyzed, and used to target you with advertising (or worse).
It's like something out of old sci-fi stories I used to read. It makes me want to buy some fashionable steampunk goggles 😂
yes!! little raspberry pis on a roof with a small solar panel can become libraries. going through town seeds
and collects the latest versions of subscribed files. even drones can ne used to do a fly over of an area updating and collecting.
Packet Ghosts
Verse 1
No wires, no waves, just pockets full of light
I carry truth like contraband deep into the night
No towers blink, no signals flare
But knowledge rides the open air
A whisper in the code, a flicker in the mesh
Data hops from node to node like pulses under flesh
Pre-Chorus
They built a cage from cables, firewalls, and fear
But freedom’s got new sneakers and it’s nowhere near
We pass the torch by sneaker sole and signal breath
The message lives beyond their grasp, beyond their death
Chorus
We're the packet ghosts, we don’t need the net
Words ride Bluetooth veins, they ain’t caught us yet
From hand to hand, from phone to phone
We carve a path they’ve never known
Sneakernet saints, mesh-born flame
Truth finds routes without a name
No stream to block, no switch to throw
Just seeds in air, and roots below
Verse 2
I got a drive in my sock, and a plan in my head
Encrypted dreams that they thought were dead
Pass it at the station, drop it in a café
No signal, no trace, just flesh-and-bone relay
They monitor the lines, but not the street
Not the buzz of apps where rebels meet
I don’t scream, I sync and slide
Liberation’s in the payloads we hide
Pre-Chorus
Forget the cloud, we’ve got the crowd
A quiet swarm, unbound, unbowed
No port, no ping, no trace, no trail
We don’t fight fire - we ride the hail
Chorus
We're the packet ghosts, we don’t need the net
Words ride Bluetooth veins, they ain’t caught us yet
From hand to hand, from phone to phone
We carve a path they’ve never known
Sneakernet saints, mesh-born flame
Truth finds routes without a name
No stream to block, no switch to throw
Just seeds in air, and roots below
Bridge
No cloud to seize, no server to burn
No kill switch flips when the people learn
You silence speech, we change the route
The song still spreads, even if you shout
Not broadcast - burstcast
Each device a mast
Freedom ain't fast
But baby, it's built to last
Final Chorus
We’re the packet ghosts, we don’t need the net
Still spreading light while their tools reset
From soul to soul, from mind to mind
Truth’s not lost - it just declined
Sneakernet saints, mesh-born flame
Born anonymous, proud, untamed
No algorithm to cage our flow
Just people, fire, and things they’ll never know
Outro (spoken over static)
If you’re hearing this…
You're the network now.
wait until the goggles show you (and only you) relevant information in AR from your subjective reputation graph 👌
The only time I put AR goggles on will be when they are paired with my gun. And my augmented arms.
Actually I want augmented eyes 🤣
lol nice
I would be very happy to wear some open source AR glasses that only do local data or on secure enclaves and deal purely with subjective data that my own life and interactions spawn.
I have zero problems with human augmentation so long as its sovereign and directed by the individual. we've been doing that since we sprouted thumbs.
Great for your friendly neighborhood chat but it doesn't go beyond that.
There's no question that this censorship drive is going to spawn some very interesting solutions. It's quite exciting really.
This is so much better than mine. 😂 Mine was only in the browser and then you're limited to Chrome. Same problem as the PWA. Web apps. 🤷🏻♀️
That's what motivated me to bite the bullet and go for #AlexMobile.
Love that this is a service, rather than forcing me to use someone's app, to get the BT integration. Smart move and really fair to other devs.
