Someone's simply got to put together a full-instruction guide on how to start off a modern meshnet in your neighborhood. And then a full guide to the users who connect... I'd set my neighborhood up with a meshnet today if only it were easier to do and I knew It wouldn't require tons of technical support to my neighbors.
TLDR: ISP didn't want to develop network infrastructure in a rural area of Spain. Citizens took matters into their own hands and started building a network mesh to bring connection from the nearby cities onto the area by connecting between individuals. After a few years (and surviving several pretty immoral lawsuits from the ISP) the network is +35.000 nodes strong and has extended its reach well beyond the original intended area.
A great example of decentralized, grassroots building.
I think the tree model of the internet ends up having such lower latency it makes it hard to argue for a mesh network on a performance basis. You can do lazy protocols like email, but video calling would be DOA.
Mesh networks is the natural evolution of Blockchain/Bitcoin protocols and both of them should interact pretty smoothly.
Back around 2008 the OLPC project implemented some good Mesh networking protocols: https://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details. From that background and knowing the work on current mobile phones, It seems to me that implementing a mesh network using mobile phones should be doable.
Someone's simply got to put together a full-instruction guide on how to start off a modern meshnet in your neighborhood. And then a full guide to the users who connect... I'd set my neighborhood up with a meshnet today if only it were easier to do and I knew It wouldn't require tons of technical support to my neighbors.
A related post, here on SN:
We need a real decentralized mesh network for censorship resistant Bitcoin usage
#49841
https://twitter.com/bradmillscan/status/1551951097375358976
https://nitter.it/bradllscan/status/1551951097375358976
You might enjoy learning about guifi.net.
TLDR: ISP didn't want to develop network infrastructure in a rural area of Spain. Citizens took matters into their own hands and started building a network mesh to bring connection from the nearby cities onto the area by connecting between individuals. After a few years (and surviving several pretty immoral lawsuits from the ISP) the network is +35.000 nodes strong and has extended its reach well beyond the original intended area.
A great example of decentralized, grassroots building.
I think the tree model of the internet ends up having such lower latency it makes it hard to argue for a mesh network on a performance basis. You can do lazy protocols like email, but video calling would be DOA.
Mesh networks is the natural evolution of Blockchain/Bitcoin protocols and both of them should interact pretty smoothly.
Back around 2008 the OLPC project implemented some good Mesh networking protocols: https://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details. From that background and knowing the work on current mobile phones, It seems to me that implementing a mesh network using mobile phones should be doable.
Yeah I was trying to tell you all yesterday.