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Author: Matej Nemček
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To: Freelab
CC: squatconf
Subject: Re: [Squatconf] Prosfygika Network -- first milestone reached
Advanced how? There is social application used for asynchronous
communication over the world called Patchwork
https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork
This is using personal blockchains called sigchains, give it a try and
there are channels #squatconf and #offgrid too.

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Freelab <freelab@???> wrote:

> Hi, thanks for the link.
>
> Scuttlebut is very interesting, but a bit too advanced for our needs at
> the moment. We need something simple and sunning on a hardware we have. But
> I have a long-term project to explore blockchain technology in context of
> communities similar to Prosfygika, so I will certainly revisit the topic.
>
> Best,
>
> P.
>
> On 30/04/2017 09:07 μμ, Matej Nemček wrote:
>
> Hey, idk if was there mentions, but for local com you could maybe try
> https://www.scuttlebutt.nz ?
>
> I had presenation in Progressbar about it last week
> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RYonvbpb3KoyPjMhtU3bQkNq_
> I5EKFjMaka4teVEqck/edit?usp=drivesdk
>
> Feel free to ask.
>
>
> On Apr 30, 2017 6:58 PM, "Freelab" <freelab@???> wrote:
>
> Long time no report from us, but hey, this is Greece; everything takes
> more time.
>
> Some of you may still remember that we invited Squat Net to happen in our
> humble place this year. I hope it may become reality. Anyway, we keep
> beavering out and making our community more visible to the world (
> https://network23.org/prosfygika-community in the making).
>
> Meanwhile, mostly thanks to unstoppable Naomi R and some generous
> donations, we reached the first milestone assumed for Prosfygika
> Neighborhood Network:
>
> 1. All users that were previously connected through crumbling and
> fragmented cable infrastructure, are now connected via uniform system of
> staircase-installed access points. They pay a modest (5 Euro per flat per
> month) fee, that is 100% spent on the development of the network and other
> infrastructure.
>
> 2. All network is integrated into one address space, under single master
> router managing internal traffic.
>
> 3. External traffic goes through master router load balancing module and
> two uplinks provided by local service provider. ISP no more has ablity to
> monitor internal traffic.
>
> 4, We are now ready to set up our first internal services, to go beyond
> the idea of "just accessing internet".
> The next milestone I hope to discuss soon in the community, but possibly
> it will include more uplinks, extended set of services and shifting towards
> mesh topology.
>
> Now, after achieving a little bit, we need your help to achieve more.
>
> 1. We have a guest room here in the infrastructure section, ready to host
> tech people coming to help. If anybody fancies having a "working holidays"
> in Athens, as a resident hacker of a very peculiar anarchist squatting
> community, there is an opening. We offer a decent level of cultural shock,
> guest room (with an option of separate flat for longer-term guests) and a
> whole bunch of problems to solve.
> Food is available, but one has to be able to chip in a bit, or run
> separate kitchen. Largely, we live in a kind of urban network, staying as
> much out of the system as it is possible.
>
> 2. Now, when we have our users reconnected, it is time to set up our first
> service, which is going to be a public message system. The role model is
> Pirate Box, but we need it to be customised and rebranded, so it would
> become Prosfygika Public Announcement system. We have TP-Link MR-3020 for
> this purpose, with some external storage. If we can find anybody keen and
> able to help us setting it up, it would move the whole network onto
> different level. So, please give me a shout.
>
> 3. A while ago, some of you folks contacted me, offering help in various
> forms. I am still in process of recovering my mail archives after the disk
> crash (cheap USB pockets kill SSDs!) so if you are still there, contact me
> again, please. We now need a lot of hardware for servers and desktops, both
> in the infrastructure department and for our users. Anything that can
> decently run some linux or Cyanogen will be used wisely. Detailed wishlist
> available upon request and soon online. ***Featured*** need is a decent
> teleconference camera (we are setting up a teleconference/webinar station).
> 75 Euro is the cost of the one I found here, but it makes solid dent in our
> resources so perhaps some of you has a better solution?
>
> Hope to hear from some of you soon. Stay tuned to our website, as it is
> going to be the official communication channel now.
>
> Best,
> Petros, Prosfygika, Athens, Greece
>
>
>
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