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 > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev _______________________________________________ zeromq-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev
