[guardian-dev] GilgaMesh (was Re: FireChat moved off iOS proprietary mesh to their own xp mesh protocol?)

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Nathan of Guardian wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> Before diving too deep into implementing more on this discovery hack, I
>> think
>> the important question to ask is what we would actually do with a low
>> bandwidth, broadcast-only transport mechanism.  Its not clear to me how
>> it
>> would be used beyond just a open chat room in the local area.
> 
> Ultimately, what this is, is Twitter over Bluetooth Discovery, powered
> by humans in large open public spaces. Broadcast is the breakthrough,
> and that is what Bluetooth RFComm/Sockets etc has been missing. By
> supporting things like auto-retweeting of trusted/paired devices, we can
> extend the range to a huge area. Please read my latest post if you
> haven't already, as it specifically addresses the perceived limitation
> of this:
> http://openideals.com/2014/10/03/extending-the-humantechnical-range-of-the-gilgamesh/
> 
> Multipeer Connectivity and the like are all designed to be used in a
> fairly static physical space, like a living room, to connect your phone
> to your TV to your iPad, and that is about it. While technically it
> seems like the way to go, I have real concerns it can work in a noisy
> RF, crowded public space, especially with strangers. I definitely see
> how it can be great for small groups and gathering to link up, but
> ultimately you are limited to a handful of connections AFAIK.
> 
> Ultimately, we have gone down the road of doing mesh the "proper" way,
> and I am very satisfied right now exploring the improper (but viable!)
> way.
> 
> +n

I see, "giglamesh" refers to this kind of mesh twitter app, I was thinking you
were using that name for the technique of transmitting data using the
bluetooth broadcast. I've been thinking in terms of how to leverage that trick
for the kinds of data transfer we've done in Courier/Paik and Fdroid.

.hc

-- 
PGP fingerprint: 5E61 C878 0F86 295C E17D  8677 9F0F E587 374B BE81