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Meshtastic: A Messaging Network For The End Of The World
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@zulubob5824
June 10, 2025 at 2:46 pm
I’ve gotta figure this out!
@Utnapishtim1
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 pm
How do you find it or buy it?
@Alli_Katz
June 10, 2025 at 2:54 pm
Google the name of the product…
@Ditv-z6t
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Bitcoin device
@adcashmo
June 10, 2025 at 2:55 pm
Could have been good in Spain at the last blackout.
@nohacksjustparker2744
June 10, 2025 at 3:25 pm
Some people in Spain did have meshtastic setups during that outage
@Meshtastic
June 10, 2025 at 6:11 pm
@@nohacksjustparker2744 And recently used in Portugal during that outage.
@AlonsoOOOO10
June 10, 2025 at 9:46 pm
They overreacted so much tbh
@adcashmo
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 am
@@nohacksjustparker2744 interesting
@mcmosfet2856
June 10, 2025 at 2:58 pm
Techbros acting like they’re revolutionizing communication with shortwave radios, SMH
@MXarcx
June 10, 2025 at 5:01 pm
It brings new people into the HAM world.
@Alli_Katz
June 10, 2025 at 2:59 pm
I didn’t realize there are unlicensed ISM bands that allow this. I know that HAM and other radio-based comms must be sent in the clear, and are not allowed to be encrypted, so this threw up a red flag. Looks like the catch is that the transmission has to be less than a certain threshold, though. But, with a mesh network, that wouldn’t be a problem.
I was looking to do this with a Pi Pico and a Waveshare Lora a while back. Bought hardware for it and started developing the communications side of things before I realized I knew sparse little about the legality of radio communications. Stopped me in my tracks.
This is neat. Ive already got the gear, so I might as well make one.
@MXarcx
June 10, 2025 at 4:58 pm
There is also a welcoming official Meshtastic Discord if you need any help with that.
@JohSmith
June 10, 2025 at 3:04 pm
Looks like a device for criminals
@marlamartucci6071
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 pm
Ok, so Cellular One ( a.k.a. Verizon today) had a peer to peer “push to talk” short wave radio service in the late 90s and early 2000s that was incorporated on certain cell phones…. had whole family plans you could purchase. And by the way, um….CB radio???🤔
@TrinitysTalons
June 13, 2025 at 7:26 pm
the differince is that this is encrypted
@kitebarbie
June 10, 2025 at 3:26 pm
Sounds like a terrorist’s dream!
@That1DudeGuyBro
June 10, 2025 at 3:31 pm
So… it’s a spam phone?
@MXarcx
June 10, 2025 at 5:00 pm
If you are using the devices public channel instead of making a private channel you can get spammed by other people.
@That1DudeGuyBro
June 10, 2025 at 5:11 pm
@@MXarcxoh, word. I didn’t know that there was a private channel…
@DeliciousSidequest
June 10, 2025 at 3:46 pm
I thought it was a Penjamin Franklin
@RealIllumin
June 10, 2025 at 3:50 pm
What’s the make and model of the device shown?
@MXarcx
June 10, 2025 at 4:57 pm
The case shown was designed by MuziWorks and is called the “H1” which can be 3d printed. The fitting board is a “Heltec WiFi LoRa 32(V3)” and then also a lithium battery that is for the designed dimensions of the case. The antenna seems to be the one included with the Heltec board.
@RDEnduro
June 10, 2025 at 4:02 pm
Another comment made me remember the fun me and my friends had with Nextels back in the day
@SkylarJames-t2l
June 10, 2025 at 5:36 pm
The way you acknowledge limitations makes this feel more trustworthy than many.
@ritokazoriv
June 10, 2025 at 6:08 pm
This will be great for my ga… secret organisation. 😂
@angel-no5sy
June 10, 2025 at 7:03 pm
Fascinating!🤍
@LanceBeckman
June 10, 2025 at 8:44 pm
Lol
@LanceBeckman
June 10, 2025 at 8:45 pm
So….a walkie talkie
@astarte66
June 11, 2025 at 1:05 am
So its kinda like a radio pirate bay texting service. Jk
Thats pretty awesome.
@ahmedalzbidi7664
June 11, 2025 at 2:10 am
this need alooooooot of peers thousands
@XhodanXeus
June 11, 2025 at 3:47 am
cant you just make an app for a “mobile phone” that why you dont have 2 devices and have everything in 1. isnt that possible i think that would be much better and i would acctualy try it
@Rene-kg7pf
June 12, 2025 at 12:49 pm
Did u get anything they said in the video?
@XhodanXeus
June 12, 2025 at 5:03 pm
@@Rene-kg7pfsimple version kinda think of it as a walki talkie with the difference that it uses other walki talkies as a connection hub. so each walkie talkie connects and kinda build a network. the idea is id enough people use it. you can talk to people farther away. so each ealkie talkie is its own station connecting to others around
@VAAGFIGUURTJE
June 11, 2025 at 4:31 am
Make your own using antennas and esp32s
Just share it on socials so others can learn too
@mmmch7
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 am
LoRaWAN has entered the chat.
@SparrowHawk183
June 11, 2025 at 9:51 am
Questions: Legality of broadcasting bands? End-to-end encryption over mesh network? Bad actors? Scalability?
@TrinitysTalons
June 13, 2025 at 7:25 pm
its aes256 encrypted, the max transmission is 255 bytes limited to plaintext only (so no security risks really) and output power without a ham license is 1W. you do not need a license for this.
@ethan4786
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 am
Sounds like the cartels new IM Solutions
@WhatsMichaelAnyway
June 12, 2025 at 4:26 am
I thought exactly this.
@SidShakal
June 12, 2025 at 5:14 am
“stop trying to make ‘meshtastic’ happen. it’s not going to happen.”
the name, i mean.
@Rene-kg7pf
June 12, 2025 at 12:47 pm
What u afraid of
@SidShakal
June 12, 2025 at 1:23 pm
@@Rene-kg7pf i like the idea of peer-to-peer messaging that doesn’t rely on cellular or internet access, it’s just a bad name. 😀
@Rene-kg7pf
June 12, 2025 at 1:37 pm
@@SidShakalwhatever
@Spooooonz
June 12, 2025 at 7:36 am
Why do they look like the same guy but with different beard lengths
@bozobarr
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 am
guess that’s the look at Wired? the job description reads, “Must have bald head and floofy brown beardedness in order to be considered for our Social Media team”
@caerdwyn7467
June 12, 2025 at 11:07 pm
And we ham radio operators say “Welcome to our world!”.
Yes yes yes WELL ACKCHUALLY people, encryption. But everything else are things that hams and the Olden Dayes dialup BBS network people (think FidoNet) have been doing. We’d love to help (particularly with the RF component) and see what you’re doing.
@Neah-c8y
June 13, 2025 at 3:31 am
…as an IT enjoyer, a hater of the vile cookies and a lynux enjoyer, i see other uses than communicating off grid.
@bozobarr
June 13, 2025 at 3:49 am
I saw an artist use these in an art instillation at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this week..I wish I remembered the artists name. It was interesting to see all the AI garble bouncing around to the devices. Clearly, this artist is very in touch with the world of electronics and computing.
@ScientificZoom
June 13, 2025 at 10:24 am
Actually good
@fuckgoogle6010
June 13, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Hope it don’t explode.