🌐 Peer-to-Peer Internet: Your Pathways 🚀
Forget big servers and gatekeepers. Let’s explore the most practical ways you can move toward a true P2P Internet today.
🔑 1. Overlay Mesh VPNs
🔗 Use tools like Tailscale, ZeroTier, or Nebula to create your own private mesh.
✅ Easy setup • 🔒 Secure • 👨👩👧 Great for small communities
⚠️ Still relies on the regular Internet as backbone.
🏘️ 2. Community Mesh Wi-Fi
📡 Flash cheap routers with OpenWRT + mesh firmware (BATMAN, Babel).
✅ Neighbors helping neighbors • 🌍 Local resilience • 📶 Can survive outages
⚠️ Needs cooperation and hardware placement.
📡 3. LoRa & Meshtastic
📻 Long-range, low-power radios for text/data.
✅ Perfect for hiking groups, emergencies, off-grid comms
⚠️ Super limited bandwidth—no Netflix here 😉
💬 4. Decentralized Apps
📱 Try apps like Briar for messaging, or IPFS for file sharing.
✅ Works even offline or via Bluetooth/Wi-Fi
⚠️ App-specific—won’t replace the whole web (yet).
🌱 5. Join or Start a Node
🖥️ Run a node in an existing project (GNUnet, IPFS, Tor) or host your own small mesh.
✅ Builds the future by participating now
⚠️ Requires patience & experimentation.