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====== Reticulum ======

[[https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum|Reticulum]] is a mesh networking protocol that can use a wide variety of interfaces -- LoRa using [[https://unsigned.io/rnode/|RNode]], AX.25, WiFi, or tunnelled over IP. It puts a heavy emphasis on cryptography. It is written in Python so needs a general purpose computer to run.

It claims ~300 bytes to establish a link and 0.44bps to maintain it. It seems to be link oriented but has a "group" destination type using a pre-shared key and a "plain" destination type using no key.

Talk by the creator, markqvist, at 38c3:
[[https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-reticulum-unstoppable-networks-for-the-people]]

==== Protocols and Implementations ====

  * [[https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf|LXMF]] - A message format containing: content, to, from, and dictionary fields. Used by messenger apps that run over Reticulum.
  * [[https://github.com/markqvist/Sideband|Sideband - a messenger app that sends LXMF messages over Reticulum.]]
  * [[https://github.com/markqvist/NomadNet|Nomad Network: Looks like console equivalent of Sideband]]

=== Licence ===

"By contributing code to this project, you agree that copyright for the code is transferred to the Reticulum maintainers and that the code is irrevocably placed under the MIT license."
-- [[https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/blob/master/Contributing.md]]