Bootstrapping Mobile Mesh Networks With Bitcoin Lightning

On right this moment's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! you're invited to affix Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murpy and particular visitant Richard Myers for an in-depth get a load at the previous, current and way forward for 'Mobile Mesh Networking' expertise and the open supply LOT49 communication hypothesis communications protocol constructed on high of lightning.

Just as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin don't depend on static infrastructure {and professional} suppliers, cellular mesh networking permits the creation of cheap, excessive vary, low bandwidth and energy consumption ad-hoc networks that'll let your telephone ship matter content messages and even bitcoin lightning community micro-transactions, even in areas with no protection.

According to Richard, Bitcoin's Lightning is a what's wanted to make cellular mesh networks catch on by bootstrapping on high of the fee routing infrastructure.

But the best way the Lightning community makes use of cognition natively isn't first-class for cellular mesh. The open supply Lot49 communication hypothesis communications protocol is one other layer on high of lightning that Richard says is critical to make it work on scale whereas utilizing mesh gadgets as a particularly low-bandwidth TOR-like privateness layer.

This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin options Stephanie Murphy, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine and Richard Myers. Music supplied by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats, with enhancing by Jonas.


Bootstrapping Mobile Mesh Networks With Bitcoin Lightning

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