No internet required… In this video, I build a public Reticulum node and test whether it can bridge completely different networks into one encrypted communication path. I send messages from a normal phone over LTE, through the internet and Starlink, then off-grid over LoRa—eventually using a $20 drone-mounted relay to reach a phone with no internet connection at all.

repo: https://github.com/markqvist/reticulum

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    “Internet killer”

    I send messages from a normal phone over LTE, through the internet… to reach a phone with no internet connection at all

    • NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 hours ago

      Sure. But the point is with Reticulum you dont NEED to leverage existing internet infrastructure. This guy chose to for his demo, but you could easily do the same thing over RS485, or a serial port, or ametuer radio bands. The protocol is medium agnostic.

      No, its no internet killer. But its useful right now and pretty fun to mess around with.