Ok, going in...

That's the main difference I think. HAMSTR was designed for decentralized long range comms. While it works on reticulum network over lora, but that can also tie into vhf and HF radios, IP, etc... Not that I created it or fully get it, but RN is not designed as a competitor for mesh. Mesh is just...

My first goal was to bridge the long distance.. then locally to a mesh. But mesh is ain't going to get us across continents.