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If you like the concept, check out http://ipfs.io http://ipfs.io, great team & concept

• rtkwe 9y ago
  Not the same thing at all. IPFS doesn't do any mesh networking it handles file distribution, storage and retrieval but doesn't do any of it's own networking so it relies on some existing connectivity from what I can see.
  • cocktailpeanuts 9y ago
    I am pretty sure this also uses some existing connectivity tech such as Apple's multipeer connectivity https://developer.apple.com/documentation/multipeerconnectivity https://developer.apple.com/documentation/multipeerconnectiv... At least IPFS guys open sourced everything for anyone to use. The "Open"garden people had the guts to name themselves "open" despite it being opposite of open.
    • rtkwe 9y ago
      That's not an existing link though until two devices using it come close enough to communicate and the connection is established. If that were to count any device with an ethernet port and an IP stack would be linked because "all" you need to do is run a cable. Of course both devices have to have compatible protocols to communicate but that doesn't mean they have a link established until the connection is made. IPFS is really neat and I'm glad it's open sourced but it's not a mesh networking protocol. I'd love to see a combination of IPFS and a robust mesh networking scheme. It'd be a pretty great way to bring internet like functionality where there's no infrastructure without having to setup anything other than having people bring their devices.