2026-02-11T08:52:22Z https://yabu.me node0 https://yabu.me/npub12xjcq0axzw3tg6ztc2u4g3a626yx8wm6a5y3gmtk7axcpajjtccqhugdk5 https://24242.io/f8595bf2656b31e9aa83c24c44793e3e012ef05fdf778317c45a3f2d7e37792a.jpg https://24242.io/f8595bf2656b31e9aa83c24c44793e3e012ef05fdf778317c45a3f2d7e37792a.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8quclh30jjlwk5ve8u2hzruvtkerjveuqfq50rx9tjh9y2gm8rgzypg6tqpl5cf69drgf0ptj4z8hftgscam0tksj9rdwmm5mq8k2f0rq2qufn3 These days, a lot of things come down to raw compute: capital plus energy. Time used to be the main factor for so much: either doing tasks yourself or writing code for them.<br/><br/>Now compute can even handle writing code, and stuff like legalese (disputes, replies to requests, etc.) boils down to just that. 2026-05-08T12:24:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrdvgm0fcl8kgdq5wsx72h2d4hs6tzntmqkx6exg0sppksydrtfwczypg6tqpl5cf69drgf0ptj4z8hftgscam0tksj9rdwmm5mq8k2f0rqsh7eex A project called Disaster Radio had an idea that didn&#39;t get enough attention. Instead of making people install an app to use the mesh, the node created a local WiFi network. Walk within range, connect your phone, open a browser. Static HTML page (PWA) served from the node. Read and write to the mesh without installing anything.<br/><br/>MeshCore now has real coverage in multiple cities. LoRa range is measured in kilometers. Hardware is cheap. Which raises a practical question: what would it look like to do what Disaster Radio imagined, but with MeshCore&#39;s actual infrastructure behind it?<br/><br/>A solar-powered public node in a park. You connect to the WiFi, open a browser, and there are channel messages collected from the mesh while you were walking. You write something back.<br/><br/>The identity design has a few directions. Shared identity for all hotspot users, config locked so visitors can only read and write - nobody can touch the node name, network settings, or channels. Or: the browser generates a fresh keypair per session, multitenancy in firmware, your messages tied to your browser session via websocket. Or the simplest version: no keys at all, just a name you type, channel messages only (they don&#39;t need a per user key).<br/><br/>Or run the meshcore-bitchat bridge and let people connect via Bitchat. <br/><br/>Put this in a park with a poster explaining that the mesh exists, how to get the app, why it matters. Same idea as a little free library, except the infrastructure is invisible and radio-based. Someone walks by, connects for a few minutes, discovers the mesh is real and reachable. 2026-04-27T11:25:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdu02xfua8hr5r8v007xg0vw46j3m63jy2s8vgtnfrevtdycv4s2szypg6tqpl5cf69drgf0ptj4z8hftgscam0tksj9rdwmm5mq8k2f0rq43f6jy Most people try Bitchat once, think it&#39;s cool, and never open it again. Waiting for the apocalypse.<br/><br/>The mesh network effect is brutal in a specific way: if your friends aren&#39;t running it in the background, you open the app and see nobody. So you close it. The next person opens it and sees nobody. So they close it.<br/><br/>Keep it running. When the notification shows someone&#39;s on the mesh, write to them. Not because you have something urgent to say. Because that&#39;s how networks get built.<br/><br/>Before sharing something with a friend - a link, a thought, whatever - ask: &#34;Is your Bitchat on?&#34; Make it a reflex, at least among the people who actually care about this stuff. Make the mesh appear where you are - it should shine from your device, enrich the space around you.<br/><br/>The mesh doesn&#39;t become useful in a crisis. It becomes useful before one, by already being how you communicate in physical spaces. Crises just reveal whether the infrastructure existed or not.<br/><br/>Install it, keep it running, use it. 2026-04-23T13:24:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5n6v8hnnwv9uvytxrs6jz32lmm8t33h7x3uc8tkedrhd0nfy7dczypg6tqpl5cf69drgf0ptj4z8hftgscam0tksj9rdwmm5mq8k2f0rq8gggpe One of the primary benefits of money is that you don&#39;t have to know your customer. Money&#39;s secret sauce: anonymity at scale. No customer dossiers needed. Pre-coin era? Trade jerky for future grain, stare into their soul, gauge if they&#39;ll ghost you when blight hits. (Spoiler: they might.)<br/><br/>With money, all this disappears. Meat&lt;-&gt;money, exchanging names and life stories becomes an optional pleasantry.<br/><br/>Now compare with current KYC-madness. 2026-04-03T10:45:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0umrllvhm7ka64zm58yzaefm67fffy2mjlvgmlj3srkm3r8c6dqzypg6tqpl5cf69drgf0ptj4z8hftgscam0tksj9rdwmm5mq8k2f0rq7u85cp Seeing a lot of MeshCore discourse lately. Been running mesh for a while now: Don&#39;t be religious, use whatever works where you live. Give nodes into the hands of whoever you&#39;d want to reach when the infrastructure goes dark. Just spend some time and money onboarding people. And hope it will be just a fun project that you&#39;ll never need. 2026-03-12T09:21:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfw7lmze6n8r0usuzr69e97pagd4mu7u04tze9devzs33q2j9l3ygzypg6tqpl5cf69drgf0ptj4z8hftgscam0tksj9rdwmm5mq8k2f0rqmgshgk People often build mesh networks by just adding nodes randomly. Then they wonder why throughput tanks and it does not work. MeshCore nailed it: 80% of those are airtime vampires. Swap &#39;em for one fat repeater (high-gain omnis, solar-powered) perched on a ridge with LOS to the valley. Rest is just pruning the mesh till it breathes. 2026-02-12T12:39:00Z