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I'm old enough to remember WiFi mesh networks, OLPC and how they would change the world in the future. I've lived in that future for a while now, and seldom see
by aforwardslash 4y ago
I'm old enough to remember WiFi mesh networks, OLPC and how they would change the world in the future. I've lived in that future for a while now, and seldom see an actual mesh network.
One of the advantages of LoRa is that is free. Any monetization scheme on top of this is actually prejudicial to the tech. Also - from my limited knowledge - LoRa is actually quite prone to abuse or traffic prioritization; this is often not an issue on a self-regulated community, but it will clearly be an issue if there is monetary incentive to disrupt the network behaviour.
- WheelsAtLarge 4y agoI think that longevity is something that no other solution can bring. In theory, this network can live forever and improve as tech improves. Look at the Bitcoin network. At this point you have to have a top level miner to be worth mining at all. If we can apply the same to a communications network then we would know that the network is running at the very best levels since there is an incentive for that to happen. In current networks the incentive is to use the same tech as long as possible since it's too expensive for all of it to be replaced by new tech. I don't have the answers but Crypto brings something to the network that other tech can't.