mesh, steem and article13

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I keep seeing mesh nyc cranking out installations, they are up to 295 nodes now and a handful of supernodes, they have done a really good job of mobilising a volunteer workforce, even trained people up to go out and help deploy the units.

It got me thinking about mesh again from a local level, you have 300 locations, often people, couples and even businesses that are finding out about mesh network through the project, probably paying for their equipment and donating to the 501c3 in the process.

It’s not a fully fledged business but it’s a community driven, intention driven business to provide internet, often low income familiars and districts with high speed connectivity so they can at least maintain a digital presence online or at least take part in society.

In some ways, having data and a connection to the internet is a similar thing for most people using blockchains, they have skin in that ‘game’ as such, the ability to wield data packets around to control their own destiny as such — with legislation (at least in the eu) starting to come in to control the way the data and internet works will we not really need to start supporting en masse these mesh network 501c3 if we really want to lose ourselves.

An activated 300 strong talent pool of node owners, all with their own storytelling and journeys, what would a lightweight steem network look like for 300 running on the back of raspberry pi units across this mesh network? Could we cross pollinate the mesh idea with one of a blockchain where everyone of the 300 is an activated member of that mesh network sharing not just data forwarding but making steem like relationships along the way — maybe some delegation and steem power could be used to help assist the upkeep of the network? — maybe then it could be a blue print for local mesh nodes to connect into the backhaul to connect to mother ship steem?

Either way, would be a bloody good way to promote the steem blockchain! :)