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Jack's Rants - Meshcore : Off-Grid Messaging, LoRa, Privacy, and Decentralised Networks

Jack's Rants - Meshcore : Off-Grid Messaging, LoRa, Privacy, and Decentralised Networks5 okt20 min

Someone asked us why we weren't on MeshCore yet. First we had to establish that it wasn't a new kind of thrash metal. Then we discovered an off-grid messaging network built from little radios, antennas, repeaters, and licence-free spectrum.

So we started digging. How does it route messages ? How private is it ? What happens when repeaters disappear ? And haven't we built something suspiciously similar before ? MeshCore turns out to be considerably more interesting than just another messaging app.

Want even more info ? Read our show notes and related blog post related to this episode : https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/jacks-rants-meshcore/

MeshCore documentation used :

- FAQ : https://docs.meshcore.io/faq/

- Packet Format : https://docs.meshcore.io/packet_format/

- Payloads : https://docs.meshcore.io/payloads/

- Companion Protocol: https://docs.meshcore.io/companion_protocol/

- CLI Commands : https://docs.meshcore.io/cli_commands/

MeshCore Map : https://meshcore.co.uk/map.html

00:00 Introduction

00:46 Discovering Mesh Core