Basically title. I remember reading about it back in like 2018, I even remember a company that would provide crypto based on the amount of traffic you let through. Just curious if that ever saw any growth.
Everything I google keeps bringing up things on the darkweb. The goal of this was explicitly to go “ISP-less”. Like they envisioned mesh net covering giant swathes of space.
You may be thinking of BGP: Border Gateway Protocol. it’s a gateway protocol that routes internet data between asynchronous systems.
https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/bgp-border-gateway-protocol
We use this a lot for company to company networks
I remember there being a YouTube video of some people that did it in a small town (or neighborhood) and made, essentially, a DIY neighborhood mesh network. I keep looking up stuff, and I’m only finding terms like “relay mesh.” If I find the YouTube video after a reasonable search, I’ll edit.
EDIT: Was the term WISP (Wireless ISP) network? It’s a setting you can do on your router and what the videos I was watching were talking about. The YouTube channel is Freethink, and they cover it being done in Detroit, NYC, and Dylan’s Beach.
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Batman? I believe it was a mesh protocol
ok, I 100% thought you were screwing with me based on my user name…
Also related to Batman is bmx, such as bmx6. I forget if it’s separate or something that works together with batman it’s been a while since I touched it
You are thinking of MeshNet.
The biggest push I recall was part of One Laptop Per Child which was much longer ago. https://www.networkworld.com/article/2284035/coming-to-a-watering-hole-near-you--olpc-s-mesh-networking.html
Reticulum network maybe? There was also Mycelium, but never got out of pre-alpha