At the risk of appearing to be a cryptobro, I've become more interested in the modern ecosystem. It's no doubt obvious, but they have been fascinating developments since I deliberately stopped following it almost a decade ago.
One of the recent ones is the Pi Network, developed by a team at Stanford. Their white paper is intended for laypeople, which I personally found enjoyable, and it outlines their solution for creating a SCP consensus trust network that organically grows from private individuals, accessed exclusively through mobile devices.
It's a newly minted coin, so as far as value goes, it's approximately 0 USD/EUR/etc right now, but it's interesting to me nonetheless
@jump_spider
There was a program on RT a few months ago about a person developing a sticker you put on your phone that acts as an antenna to decentralise the internet.
It may have been open source but the gentleman on the program was hoping to mass produce the stickers cheaply for relatively densely populated countries where internet might be cut off for whatever reason.
Each sticker/antenna supposedly has a 5-10 km broadcasting radius, if memory serves!
@dsfgs
Wow, that sounds pretty amazing! Might have to track that down, see how it handles security
@jump_spider
Found! It's called #LochaMesh
#KeiserReport, #E1405
4 July 2019 #independenceDay
Video (or soundcloud):
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/463339-haven-bitcoin-central-bank/
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This appears to be LochaMesh's Github
https://github.com/btcven/locha-mesh-chat
@jump_spider
Found! It's called #LochaMesh
#KeiserReport, #E1405
4 July 2019 #independenceDay
Video (or soundcloud):
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/463339-haven-bitcoin-central-bank/
(required js: rt.com, soundcloud, sndcdn)
This appears to be LochaMesh's Github
https://github.com/btcven/locha-mesh-chat