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⚡ MeshLightning - payments over Bluetooth mesh when internet failsgithub.com/marinhotg/mesh-lightning
244 sats \ 3 comments \ @supratic 4h lightning
Lightning Network requires constant internet connectivity. This fails in rural areas, disasters, or unreliable infrastructure.
Mesh networking allows devices to connect and communicate directly with each other, forming a decentralized network where each device can relay messages. Mesh Lightning uses this to route payment information through nearby phones via Bluetooth until reaching an internet-connected node.
[Vendor OFFLINE] --Bluetooth--> [Customer OFFLINE] --Bluetooth--> [Gateway ONLINE] --> Lightning Network
Architecture
  • Lightning Node: LDK-based Lightning implementation
  • Mesh Network: Multi-hop Bluetooth relay system
  • Payment Queue: Offline transaction storage with auto-sync
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BeeRye 18m
hard for me to imagine this working based on my experience with lightning and the mesh network bluetooth apps i've used. Cool idea still, would be really interesting if someone made sending lightning payments of this sort over LoRa imo
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @supratic OP 7m
Someone is playing with it, not sure specificly about LoRa, however is not teh first time I hear about sending bitcoin transactions with LoRa, here another one and an interestinng video. Juray ran a Cashu client over Reticulum
Not sure what are the limitations on doing the same for lightning transactions.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 3h
It's interesting, but not sure if will be so practical. I see many force closed channels from this if is used with public channels.
For a private LN with some private channels between participants (as I explained in this post #843264) maybe it will work and could have its usage.
[Vendor OFFLINE] --Bluetooth--> [Customer OFFLINE] --Bluetooth--> [Gateway ONLINE] --> Lightning Network
Much better is to use that mesh network for all to reach that internet gateway... like this one https://ncmesh.net
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