Nope. I'm thinking it's like Ke$ha or Shakira or something along those lines, but I still can't find it....
Yeah, it's not an Intetnet replacement. With the radio setting I'd get 1.07kbps. The max is 21.88kbps. But that's not the point of this network.
I also am working on an 802.11 mesh network, which IS high bandwidth. The problem is that it's short range (typical wifi range). This is the trade off with radio.
Long range, difficult to disrupt, but low data rate or,
Short range, interference easily causrs packet loss, but high data rates
Here's the page with the speeds that I quoted. https://meshtastic.org/docs/overview/radio-settings/
And here's the project that I work on intermittently which in intended to do 802.11 mesh networking with whatever gear you havr lying around.
I tied the https://mymaps.google.com/ service mentioned on https://meshtastic.org/docs/configuration/module/range-test/ but it either didn't understand the latitude/longitude columns or my CSV is jacked up. I'll take a look at that when I am on a desktop.
We seriously need to add a non-google option to the documentation here
I did. Antenna got disconnected before I put the strain relief in. 🤦♂️😆 It's STRONG now. I just did a small range test by waking to the bank & grocery store doing my usual errands.
I plan to do a larger range test when it's not raining out.
Yeah, I plan on documenting everything and the person who runs http://hackspace.io/projects invited me to put it there. So that'll be my first pick. I'll like to it from here, naturally.
OMG, that $230 isn't for a sopar node, that's just the battery and panel for a solar node! And it doesn't even output 3.7V DC!
I guess I've got a slammin' deal.
At first I imagined getting a loan and putting BTC up for collateral would involve a 2 of 3 multisig between you, the lender and a 3rd party who could resolve any disputes. The lender would have to sign receipts for each payment so the 3rd paryy could verify paymdnts were really made.
But tgen I realized, it can be much simpler than that. The lender can just give back a proportional amount of the collateral as paymenrs are made.
The other question is why anyone would want to borrow against their bitcoin. It's simple. Say the borrower thinks bitcoin will go up by at least 20% over a year. They could get a loan at 10% APR and come out ahead (if they are correct). Whether they use the money to buy more coin, revovate their house, or buy a car doesn't really matter. The alternative is to sell it
The lender gets a nearly guaranteed 10% ROI, so they should be thrilled in this example.
OK, NGL, my #meshtastic #solar node is fucking sick.
It could run for years with no maintence.
6dbi fiberglass antenna, solar panel, MPPT board from DF Robot, absurdly large battery pack, discharge protection circuit, temperature & humidity sensor, remote administration...
And I plan on running the solar panel through a current sensor so I can keep metrics how much power we're generating. That's the only significant update I want to do.
I think it might soon be time to do a bulk buy and crank out these nodes. They cost about $200 each, but considering RAK Wireless is selling a node with smaller solar panels, smaller batteries and a smaller antenna for $230 that, I'd say I've done well.
Some fellow hackers from the local 2600 meet and I might crowdsource a few nodes and just provide coverage for all of central Illinois. Once we have solid coverage, it'll be more appealing for people to carry devices. Once they are carrying devices, it'll be easier to get some of them to run a solar node to make sure they're getting the best coverage possible. This could set off an unstoppable chain reaction, and I'm all for it.
I just gotta keep grinding, perfecting my hardware rig, figuring out all the gotchas with the software and documenting the workarounds, shafingb what I've learned and offering nodes to people who want to just buy one instead of putting in all the work that I did.
Does anyone have a link handy for a mapping webapp that will let me upload my #Meshtastic range test CSV to see the coverage?
Bonus points if it uses data from OpenStreetMaps.
#lazyWeb
I heard there was a sell off on Wall St lately and that bitcoin is down too.
I don't care what three day traders do, so I decided to check the numbers over the last 12 months. I did check the YTD numbers as well, and the S&P is down, but I couldn't easily get those numbers for bitcoin for comparison.
S&P 500: -4.22%
bitcoin: +6.58%
Sources:
Duckduckgo's interactive chart &
I was walking yo the bank before they closed today so I could deposit a check. It got me thinking, why can't cash it and get out #bitcoin? Becuas the bank doesn't have any bitcoin, of course.
But why not?
They don't want to hold your bitcoin and keep it safe. There's no incentive. That doesn't make them money. What does make them money is lending it out.
But what would it look like if they could lend it out? Hear me out here.
You deposit your BTC with the bank.
Option 1: you pay them to keep it safe. Thus reduces the anxiety that comes with "what if I muff up self-custody?" You pay a fee, they pay for security & insurance. Great.
Option 2: they do all that for free with the caveat that they can lend out your coins just like they currently lend out your dollars.
What's that look like on the borrow's side? They put up their collateral and get the coin. Just like any other loan.
But what if someone wanted to borrow BTC and put up cash for collateral? (maybe they get a bigger discount for paying in BTC than they'll pay in interest). Deposit the cash, get the coin, make regular payments and slowly re-gain access to your dollars.
Next post I'll talk about putting up BTC for collateral to borrow dollars in a reduced-trust manner...
Killer #nostr client idea: allow following and muting people based on their npub AND keywords (plural)
This would enable users to follow someone, but only when they post about a particular topic.
Or, see a person's posts except when the talk about topics X, Y or Z.
This is different than following someone and then muting a particular word. It only applies to that person.
If one were really crafty, this could override muted words. For example, maybe you generally don't want to hear about pizza, so you mute that word. But when Papa Del posts about pizza, you absolutely want to see that.
Once this code is written, it makes all kinds of other customizations possible:
1. Follow "pizza" but only if it also mentions "pineapple"
2. Mute "Nixon" unless tge post also mentions "prison", "jail" or "trial".
And so much more. This is the killer feature because it puts the user in control. It gives them more power over their feed than any other social media platform.
Furthermore, because nostr is more than just social media, the same code could be reused to filter out products from a particular seller, get notifications when someone is available to do ridesharing, and so forth.
Who does this appeal to? Users (obviously) but also people who actually produce stuff. They don't have to have one account for permiculture, another one for cryptography, another for mesh radio gear, etc. They can mush it all together and the users can get juat they things they want (which very well could be all of it, as it is now). Creators could still have brand accounts, but they wouldn't be punished if they don't go that route.
I went from -112 bdi from within 75 feet & line of sight, to -62 dbi at about a quarter mile & no line of sight.
There still seems to be an ossue with the beam being too narrow to hit all the rooms in my own home, but after I do some range testing, I'll know if I can just cover that with a neighbor's node.
I'm excited to do the range testing!
OK, great news: the antenna was unplugged. So that explains everything.
Also, the lid warped in the sun & cold and the caulk was insufficient to hold the seal as a result. Seems like there was no water damage though. My notch & grove design seems to have saved me.
What I learned:
- put tabs on the box & lid so they can bolt together (which I already did and will be on the next print)
- don't use caulk for strain relief because it may have already popped off before you get that far
- assemble & and caulk them inside, not on the roof at installation time
- test them fully assembled & sealed on the ground first
- check back frequently after the initial installation to see if there is warping, if the caulk is holding, etc.
I didnt even notice the secp label in the corner until just now. I just saw that shape and 😁😄🤓
Lets see if #nostr can search the web better than the big #tech companies...
I have ting fragments of a dance song in my head and I'm not even sure they're correct.
...hacienda
No habla espanol but your on my agenda
That's it. That's all that is spinning around in my head, on repeat. The song was mostly in English if that helps.
Serious nerd cred right there. I feel like so many, even techies, people won't fully get it.
Did you see test the antenna connector? Perhaps you have a short or fault from the board to antenna.
It seemed to be working well when I had everything set up inside, but I can't quantify that.
I will inspect the connector if I need to tear the box open (it's currently caulked shut).
I have accidentally become the unofficial apt repo for Step CLI. I've been ruining it for years and just expanded it to include the ARM64 package (e.g. for raspberry pi boards)
For those not familiar, step allows you to:
- run your own certificate authority
- get x.509 certs (TLS)
- sign SSH host key (no more manual fingerprint verification!)
- sign SSH user certs (no more manually copying around keys in authorized_keys)
- and lots more cryptography stuff
It's pretty great.