I spent like $2000 USD on ten #solar powered #meshtastic nodes, sold two (will be 3), donated one to charity, published the BOM, and I think I'm going to keep the rest of the nodes.

Lost about $1500.

Gained half a dozen VERY nice nodes.

I'm good with this.

I've taken decentralization to heart. Nodes should be built locally. It's not hard to do and any Makerspace will have a soldering iron and 3D printer. I'll build nodes for my local community. If other communities want them, they can build them.