Ready to debrief from DEF CON 34? We need your intel. Share your Meshtastic node's performance in our short, anonymous survey 📝 . Every input makes the mesh stronger for next year. Open until Sept 15.

https://defcon.meshtastic.org

#defcon #meshtastic #offgridcomms

DEF CON 34 attendees, the time has come.

Special event firmware is live.

flash → defcon.meshtastic.org

See you on the mesh.

#meshtastic #defcon #defcon34 #meshnetwork

We’ve been getting asked a lot lately about contributing, so we wanted to break it down for everyone. 💬

Getting started is easy, especially when you start with hello!

Follow this easy 3-step recipe! 📡

#Meshtastic #OpenSource #Developers #LoRa #TechCommunity

📚 Big update for the Meshtastic app: complete docs are now built right in, on both Android and iOS, available in the stores now.

Searchable, organized, and fully available off-grid, so you've got answers even when you're miles from a signal. And they auto-refresh with every app update, so you're never stuck with outdated info.

We've also got firmware 2.7.26 live in beta, packed with tons of new features and fixes. 🚀 Flash it to your nodes and tell us what you think!

Big news for our EU community! 🇪🇺

We are excited to welcome Hexaspot to our Recommended Marketplace Program! Based in the Netherlands, EU customers can now easily source RAKwireless hardware with local shipping speeds:

🔹 Starter Kits
🔹 WisMesh Tags
🔹 WisMesh Pocket V2
🔹 Antennas & Accessories

and more...

Get your gear locally: https://msh.to/hexaspot

At #DEFCON33, #Meshtastic ran its biggest mesh yet—2K+ nodes, thousands of msgs & an unexpected live vulnerability demo. Lessons learned ✅ Big plans for security, identity & UX.

Full recap 👉 https://meshtastic.org/blog/that-one-time-at-defcon/

#Cybersecurity #OpenSource

Meshtastic @ DEF CON 33: Event Firmware Now Live

Meshtastic collaborated with DEF CON, Darknet-NG, the Lonely Hackers Club, and other prominent groups heavily involved in the event to ensure this year's firmware is even more successful than last year's. 🛰️

⚙️ Key Features:
• DEF CON 33 splash screen
• Optimized event mode for dense mesh environments with tuned telemetry & GPS intervals
• LoRa Modem_Preset: SHORT_TURBO (capped at 3 hops)

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#meshtastic #defcon #defcon33

We KILLED the OLED UI🧨... to build something better. 

✨ Meet BaseUI and more in the 2.7 Tech Preview!

🔗 https://meshtastic.org/blog/meshtastic-2-7-preview/

🎉 The first full (non-beta) release of the #Meshtastic Android app (in too long 😅) is live on the Play Store! Packed with upgrades, polish, and new features. Update now via Google Play!

🔗 Full changelog: https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-Android/releases/tag/2.6.15

We’re thrilled to share that Meshtastic is featured in WIRED! 🎉 A few of our devs were interviewed about building resilient, off-grid mesh networks—and our amazing community made it all possible.

🔗 Read it here: https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-phone-dead-zones/ 

#Meshtastic #MeshNetwork #OpenSource

Big News! #Semtech announced their 4th gen #LoRa chip, and they specifically mentioned #meshtastic! 🎉 It’s truly exciting to be recognized at this level! We can’t wait to get hardware that supports this chip.

🔗 https://www.semtech.com/products/wireless-rf/lora-plus/lr2021 

#IoT

We know we’re biased, but this video is phenomenal! 🤌🔥 

Oh, and the good news? It’s no longer just a pre-alpha preview. We’ve elevated it to Alpha and it’s available in the flasher with no code needed. 

🎬 Watch now 👉 https://youtu.be/ZmZLeOY88CU

#meshtastic #mui #lora