locha VS Netmaker

Check out Locha mesh and goTenna

Indeed blocking internet or certain connections is a problem and maybe Russian authorities will ask China for help which is maintaining most probably the most advanced blocking system for years now. We don't only need a decentralised money, but also a decentralised network like Locha (https://locha.io/ - however the project seems to be dead looking at their GitHub repo). Satellite-based networks might also become more important, since while centralised and so also censorable, but not necessarily by the regime like ground-based networks.

I also discovered radio freq transaction without internet and satellite low range like 7km from founders in Venezuela i think https://locha.io its called locha mesh

Communication mechanisms without access to the Internet: https://locha.io/ , https://meshtastic.letstalkthis.com/ , https://althea.net/ , https://gotennamesh.com/

There is stuff like - https://locha.io/ which afaik works with Bitcoin and Monero

https://github.com/btcven/locha#readme

My plan is to set up an EC2 instance and host a VPN, considering options like Netmaker, OpenVPN, or Tailscale. The goal is to connect these devices to the VPN, enabling SSH access from any connected node. This method seems cost-effective(Considering I want to use 100s of devices and potentially 1000s) and straightforward, requiring a simple setup with a sudo apt command on the Raspberry Pi.

I'm wondering if there are any alternative approaches to achieve this. Is something like Netmaker or Tailscale feasible enough? If you have any suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it.

https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker

Honorable mention:

SuperHighway84 - more of a Usenet-inspired darknet, but I love the concept + the author's personal website:

https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84

Exciting news to share! Netmaker has officially embraced open source. This momentous decision was unveiled at the Open Source Summit in Europe when the pull request successfully merged, transitioning their server from the SSPL to the widely recognized Apache License 2.0.

While we've encountered some challenges and worked with vendors like Cisco to find solutions, I'm curious about recommendations for SD-WAN providers that are well-suited for SASE users. This includes not only Zscaler but also other options like Netmaker, Palo Alto, Cloudflare, Cisco, and Forcepoint.

Now, my main question is how I can link my DDNS host endpoint with my EC2 instances, allowing only my home network to access them. I've come across a variety of suggestions, such as Netmaker, OpenVPN, Tailscale etc. but I'm curious to hear your opinions on these solutions.

HN is somehow always timely. Currently, these folks expect me to sign a CLA for a one-byte change to their README: https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516