#Bitchat needs #Reticulum (#meshtastic or #LoRa). They compliment one another. Bitchat can work on the device already in your hand via Bluetooth, but Bitchat lacks range (silly to text chat with the person 20 feet away). Reticulum requires special hardware & skills (99% of people will not buy specialized hobbyist geek hardware), but Reticulum has range. They complement one another. "MeshCore" just came out to bring them together. See it here: 
I theorized on the concept last summer: 
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🌐 Bridging Bitchat + MeshCore: Resilient communication when infrastructure fails
Bitchat = Bluetooth mesh on phones you already have (~100m ran...
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🌐 Bridging Bitchat + MeshCore: Resilient communication when infrastructure fails
Bitchat = Bluetooth mesh on phones you already have (~100m range)
MeshCore = LoRa long-range mesh (km+ with cheap hardware)
The bridge connects them. Your phone talks to the city-wide mesh network.
Perfect for disasters, protests, internet shutdowns.
Code: https://github.com/jooray/MeshCore/tree/feature/bitchat-bridge
Releases: https://github.com/jooray/MeshCore/releases
Read more: https://juraj.bednar.io/en/blog-en/2026/01/18/bridging-bitchat-and-meshcore-resilient-communication-when-you-need-it-most/
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