#AskNosrtr why do I never see anyone on @Bitchat @jack? No matter where I go across North America. Do I have to have a revolution or secret handshake or something?
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I couldn’t tell ya. I have yet to find anyone on there.
You're talking about a slice of a slice of a slice of a slice of the pie chart here.
First, how many people have downloaded @Bitchat in North America?
Of that small slice of people, how many are actively looking at Bitchat at the same time that you happen to be looking at Bitchat?
Of that much smaller slice of people, how many are within 50-100 meters of your present location?
Bitchat is most useful in places with high population density as far as I can tell.
I think there's a way to use it with internet to talk to more people but if you're just using bluetooth, then yeah, you're not gonna find anyone to talk to most likely unless you're at a Bitcoin meetup or a Bitcoin conference.
Well, there is a way to use your WiFi to expand your reach whilst the mesh starts to get wide enough to actually use, but then it is a matter of hanging around long enough for people to pop in and chat etc. I have it on my phone more as an emergency backup communications method rather than something I use every day...
My husband’s found two new friends within 2 hrs of us in SC.
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Thanks! That's kinda what I thought but was under the impression that the mesh part allowed users to cast a wider net than BT which of course will always be zero bc only a few of us care about BTC per capita.
So in order to get more coverage one has to add physical mesh BT hardware?
Lemme know if you’re ever in Maryland and wanna hang out and grab a coffee
I guess so? But what the heck do I know
I think someone said that there's a limit to how many hops you can get too so, I'm not sure if it even counts as a mesh grid if it's got a hop limit.
Did some #bitchat testing earlier.
It worked outside with an open line of sight within a range of approximately 90 meters which is ~295 feet...not quite 1 American football field from goal line to goal line.
That's clear line of sight though in open air, not living room to living room across a typical residential street through two building shells worth of mass attenuating the Bluetooth signal.
I wonder if it will work between across-the-street neighbors.
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Is there a tutorial somewhere? I need physical hardware? Thanks!!
If your device (e.g. phone) has internet access, you can 'teleport' to different geohash locations. Click the top bar on the right where it has the # symbol. The characters after that are your geohash. In the #location channels you can switch to widen your radius from (BT) 'mesh' to 'block', 'neighborhood', 'city', 'province' or 'region'. Or if you know a specific location geohash, you can enter that. No extra hardware required.