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Yeah, it’s more like that. But if I got it right, this thing can go over three hundred meters. Like, if you’ve got people spaced out every 10 meters for 3 kilometers, you could actually talk to the person at the other end.
Oh, the image in the linked post says 300m is the total range, hope you're right about the infinite mesh idea, that would make the app super useful if dense cities like NYC adopted it in large numbers
from https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat
TTL-based message routing (max 7 hops)
There’s a limit on hops, so yeah, there’s a limit on communication. But since it works offline, messages still get delivered once you're back in range. Still don’t get why there’s a hops limit though.
Same reason why any network has a hop limit:
In computer networking, TTL (Time to live) prevents a data packet from circulating indefinitely.
Yeah, that makes sense, kinda guessed it was something like that.
A Gif: 10KM Relay for Long-Range Hops 🚀 #337
https://github.com/orgs/permissionlesstech/discussions/337
Can’t say for sure, I just don’t get why it’s limited to 300 meters.
thanks - so not a replacement for long-range chats? basically for home/office discussions where people are within 300m of each other?