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   Message 694 of 1,115   
   zippy to Abby Normal   
   Re: Lorawan and/or meshtastic?   
   26 Oct 25 23:12:18   
   
   From: zippy@myemail.invalid   
      
   Abby Normal  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:10:24 -0000 (UTC)   
   > zippy  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Reticulum looks like a superior project, IMO.   
   >> https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/   
   >   
   > The Rnode is the exact same hardware... actually, some of the worst   
   > of the hardware, in many ways... available for Meshtastic, so will   
   > have all the same problems vis-a-vis range and reliability. The   
   > LoRa side of things is clearly a half-assed side-project of   
   > Reticulum, which looks at first glance like a run-of-the-mill   
   > 2015-era cryptobro solution-in-search-of-a-problem. The nicest thing   
   > I can say about it is at least it doesn't seem to involve   
   > "the blockchain", lol.   
      
   The fact that it works over several different network layers   
   /protocols is a net positive. Same with their focus on encryption and   
   anonymity.   
      
   My understanding is that it scales much better but but currently there   
   are less nodes, which is understandable since it is newer tech.   
      
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