@noracodes I guess the question is compared to what?

What makes #Reticulum a little confusing is that it is a network stack which supports various applications, and runs on various interfaces, including radio, Internet networks, serial cables, etc.

That makes it harder to understand than Meshtastic, where it's very clear what you get: plain old text chat.

Reticulum can do more today, and way more in the future. I haven't used it yet, but I'm planning to...

What's the vibe on #Reticulum, folks?

#decentralized #meshnetwork

Have you tried either of these?
What do you like or don't like?
#Reticulum link or #Yggdrasil link

I just discovered the idea of proof-of-work stamps to help curtail spam in #reticulum so Im in the "everything is a nail" phase of hyper-focus. To her point though, you *maybe* could require that for "DMs" but it would be totally unreasonable for all public posts.

#Meshcore:
https://github.com/ripplebiz/MeshCore/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#-hardware-compatibility
(Super simple to get started. Tries to solve flaws from #meshtastic.)

#Reticulum:
https://reticulum.network/hardware.html
(Super versatile and what I suspect to be the best tech stack. But rather complex and steep learning curve.)

In the end there should be an overlap of the most common devices.

My evaluation of resilient and disturbed means of communication started today #meshnetworks. I received my #LoRa radio board and installed #meshcore. No contact to other nodes yet, but I’m also not sure what to expect. Let’s see how it goes…
The next step will be #reticulum, but it looks too advanced to be a good starting point for me.

#emergencypreparedness #disasterpreparedness #disasterrelief #solarpunk

Now back to the positive.

All is not lost, meshtastic is the biggest LoRa mesh and it sucks BUT its not the only one and the same mobile nodes and repeaters you'd use for meshtastic can be used on any other LoRa mesh.

I think the most exciting meshtastic alternative is Reticulum. It exists already, has a routing and security approach for the real world but might be too opinionated in some ways for some users. It's a bit of a grander vision

https://reticulum.network/manual/whatis.html

#reticulum #lora