PhaseMage
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Designer of the IsoGrid Protocol: A scalable mesh networking protocol stack designed to bring about a better world.
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Comment · 5 years ago
I want a network that scales to trillions (or more) of top-level nodes (rather than the ~2 million supported by IP and BGP.) I want everyone to be able to host a router.
I'd go source-routed isochronous streams, rather than address-routed asynchronous packets.
I haven't updated my blog in a few years, but I'm still working on building the above when I have the time. (IsoGrid.org)
Comment · 8 years ago
I'm not much of a football fan, but I would really love it if the Seahawks were owned by a charity. It would make rooting for the home team much more meaningful!
Comment · 8 years ago
You say it's easy to imagine bad scenarios. Then state them, with sources.
I've read the exact opposite: That it's hard to find any _real_ risks for eliminating human-biting mosquitoes. I define real as killing near 3k children a day.
Comment · 8 years ago
Hi there. I'm the dev behind the IsoGrid Foundation. Let me know if you have any questions!
Comment · 8 years ago
Hi! I'm the dev behind IsoGrid and CrowdSwitch. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!
Comment · 9 years ago
Implementation is in-progress. I've open-sourced it at https://github.com/IsoGrid/IsoSwitch
I agree with you, I would also rather be reading about a stable and popular implementation of a scalable mesh network. However, there is no such thing. TCP/IP is the closest I've seen, but I think we can do better.
Comment · 9 years ago
Hi, I'm the main developer behind the IsoGrid Protocol. Let me know if you have any questions!
I'm looking for folks who might be interested in helping out. I was raised under Windows, but I want to use free (as in freedom) software, so integration has been a bit slow going as I learn how to use Linux.
Comment · 9 years ago
I assert that TCP/IP is actually the cause of "[lack of] physical diversity of connection in any one location".
A second (or third) ISP isn't going to suddenly show up at my house because it doesn't make economic sense. In the same way that two railroad lines don't get built between the same two cities.
A real scalable mesh protocol could change the economic calculation.
Comment · 9 years ago
Nothing has changed technically. TCP/IP has consistently caused the centralization of power. The 90's Geeks didn't build the protocol, DARPA did (decades prior).
We wanted anyone to be be able to be a first-class citizen of the Net. But we ended up beholden to our Monopoly ISPs. TCP/IP only gives first-class status to ISPs, not to us. BGP doesn't scale if we all tried to have our own first-class routers.
Yes, things are getting better in all sorts of industries; a similar boom occurred with the wide-scale deployment of the 19th century Railroads. But things got better still with the deployment of automobile roads.
I propose we do the same with a globally scalable mesh network.
Comment · 9 years ago
TCP/IP centralizes. Why am I stuck with one ISP? Scalable Mesh is the solution. I just GPL'd my project I'm working to build: https://GitHub.com/IsoGrid/IsoSwitch