is this something Reticulum might be helpful with?
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yes, #reticulum is cool, but the coverage on lora, at least everywhere I was, was almost non-existent :(
But #meshtastic is thriving...
You can message people on the testnets
https://reticulum.network/connect.html
Check the announce stream. Some might not connect due to a recent breaking change
Yeah, and reticulum can't send group messages more than one hop. That's left to future work.
https://reticulum.network/manual/understanding.html
Reticulum might overtake Meshtastic for things connected to the Internet someday, but for standalone networks, it's hard to see how it can stand a chance.