I read the EdgeNet article. It's remarkably similar to concepts we developed on a DARPA program I worked last year, although the motivation was different (improving tactical awareness for soldiers with no or slow comms infrastructure).
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Pieter Hintjens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sean, > > There's no specific forum yet. Mostly I've been spreading the idea > that we have a real problem, and that we can solve it using what we've > learned from ZeroMQ. It seems to me that people need to dream first, > as you say, before we move to work together. > > Why not start a forum, a mailing list, a wiki, or something? Perhaps > even a Google group, or IRC channel? You would be taking a concrete > step. > > I've used Wikidot in the past with good results. We might also use > GitHub issues as a forum. Perhaps a github.com/edgenet/discuss > project? > > What do you think? > > -Pieter > > > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Sean Robertson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev >
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