reticulum don't just propagate over lora. IT can practically propagate over anything it supports (network, lora, bluetooth, etc).

it isn’t

I think it was named so for a reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoplasmic_reticulum

personally i find it a beautiful match

Yes it is.

With the Artificial Inanity systems and the Rampant Orphan Botnet Ecologies (ROBE) beginning to spew tremendous amounts of crap (a technical term) onto the Ret, things are getting tricky for us ITA.

One of my favorite books that I have yet to convince any of my friends to read. So many cool ideas explored.

Maybe a better comparison is iroh.computer

It has nothing to do with that, like at all.

The author of Reticulum's take is that the implementation is the specification, so if another implementation works with the standard Python one and implements enough of it's features then it implements Reticulum.

I suppose it means it's easier to develop the protocol only having to update one Python codebase but it does mean other implementations are kinda in a state where there isn't anything to properly verify they work.

There's also a issue with quite a few vibe coded implementations that don't actually properly work filling the space.

There is a published spec, I built a clean-room implementation from it. And mine makes at least two Python implementations. The protocol itself is solid, the spec just isn't marketed.

People don't seem to get this was a genuine question. What is a network without people using it? Anyone here on reticulum?

The internet may be ripe for disruption, as it has been domesticated for corporate use. It is no longer ours. Browsers have become an operating system unto themselves. Something much simpler would work also. Corporate bloat is continuing to pile up, while markdown evolves to do everything we want.