Is there a place for discussion specific to Edgenet? I too just
finished reading Culture and Empire and the Edgenet proposal, and have
been dreaming of asynchronous mesh networks ever since.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Pieter Hintjens <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:51 AM, crocket <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>   2) Some smartphones act as WiFi hotspots, and other smartphones connect to
>> them.
>
> Yes, this is the idea. We've tested this previously, it works more or
> less well enough. Right now it will still require manual coordination.
>
>> If EdgeNet doesn't depend on IP addresses, destination could be specified by
>> public key.
>
> If you need destinations, yes. The initial use case is UUCP-style
> broadcast. Anonymous sharing.
>
>> My guess would be that people will use broadband internet for public
>> communications
>> and that they will use EdgeNet or other darknets for private/sensitive
>> communications.
>
> That's right.
>
> -Pieter
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