Subnostr

I think I'm going to have to go against the norm here and come out as anti bitchat.

Correct me if I got any points wrong.

A billionaire made a "mesh" chat app marketed as independent of the internet.

The range of the mesh is absolutely fucking useless so they added internet chat so you don't uninstall immediately.

The gimmick mesh with useless range means you must keep precise location enabled at all times. This isn't just coordinates but also the ability to log every bluetooth device nearby you.

The major news media keeps writing articles about how downloads of it spike after the internet is shut off in a country. (Think about this for 30 seconds please)

How am I the first person to say this looks like a honeypot? Uninstalled.

crrdlx 4d ago

#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

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Troy 4d ago

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

https://reticulum.network/hardware.html

crrdlx 4d ago

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.