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unsigned.io is a personal blog at unsigned.io about hardware, security and science. Since 2018, 26 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “RNode”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (12) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link unsigned.io as the reference for RNode LoRa hardware and the Reticulum mesh networking project, citing its bootstrap console and documentation pages.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 12 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The home page of unsigned.io
Most-linked posts?
- RNode9 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2023-01-20
- /articles/2025_12_28_Carrier_Switch.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-20
- 15 kilometre LoRa SSH radio link with RNode2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-10-27
- Mathematical Analysis of a Peculiar Ancient Granite Vase2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-12
- /rnode_bootstrap_console/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-16
What Hacker News says?
Have you tried the Reticulum network? https://reticulum.network I have been meaning to try it out https://unsigned.io/rnode/
Comment linking /rnode/
on “Start your own Internet Resiliency Club”Submitted Private, Secure and Uncensorable Messaging over a LoRa Mesh (2022) as a story · 99 points
HN discussionThanks for bringing these topics up, I find the raft of evidence quite compelling. I also find it quite interesting how much pushback on alternative hypotheses there is from the mainstream scientists. I even attempted to have a conversation with GPT4 about the possibility that ancient humans created the pyramids, and it told me I was being RACIST! Like, what? The thing that sells me, besides the erosion, is the abso…
Comment linking /log/2023_02_24_Initial_Geometric_Analysis_of_the_Pre_Dynastic_Vase.html
on “Egypt's pyramids may have been built on a long-lost branch of the Nile”Submitted Unsigned.io as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHuge fan of Reticulum, fixes some of my biggest gripes with Meshtastic. Shame it hasn't got as much adoption yet. For those looking for Meshtastic-equivalent things in the Reticulum ecosystem: - Sideband: iOS/Android chat app ( https://github.com/markqvist/Sideband ) - NomadNet: Desktop CLI chat app ( https://github.com/markqvist/NomadNet ) - Rnode: Reference node hardware/firmware ( https://unsigned.io/rnode/ )
Comment linking /rnode/
on “Meshtastic”Submitted RNode as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThanks! We haven't looked at Zwave yet, but meshtastic and some other lora based mesh network stacks are familiar. One more interesting project is Recticulum with its RNodes: https://unsigned.io/rnode/
Comment linking /rnode/
on “Show HN: Extend Zigbee sensor range with LoRaWAN”Submitted The End Is Nigh, for the Beta Days for Reticulum as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis sounds like what RNode devices for Reticulum networks appear to be able to do. (I haven't tried it for myself yet.) > RNodes can be made in many different configurations, and can use many different radio bands, but they will generally operate in the 433 MHz, 868 MHz, 915 MHZ and 2.4 GHz bands. They will usually offer configurable on-air data speeds between just a few hundred bits per second, up to a couple of m…
Comment linking /rnode/
on “Wi-Fi Goes Long Range on New WiLo Standard”Submitted RNode is an open, free and unrestricted digital radio transceiver as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBring people together IRL. I think one possible technical solution would be inherent bandwidth, range and commercial exploitation limitations. E.g. I think in a LoRa mesh network, you find those naturally. RNodes and Reticulum come to mind: https://unsigned.io/ Basically, through these hardware/physics restrictions abuse and enshittification doesn't scale, but genuine information does, and social communication patte…
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on “Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say”Submitted Abstractions Set in Granite as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt looks like the RNode firmware does exactly what you're looking for with its "RNode Bootstrap Console": https://unsigned.io/rnode_bootstrap_console/ Documentation is surprisingly hard to find, but from blog posts on the site it looks like if you press the reset button twice within one second, an RNode will turn into a WiFi access point and host this website. From there, you can download everything you need to crea…
Comment linking /rnode_bootstrap_console/
on “Private, Secure and Uncensorable Messaging over a LoRa Mesh (2022)”Submitted Mathematical Analysis of a Peculiar Ancient Granite Vase as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSee also https://unsigned.io/website/rnode/
Comment linking /website/rnode/
on “Freakwan: A MicroPython driver for the SX1276 LoRa chip”Submitted 15 kilometre LoRa SSH radio link with RNode as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHa! I believe every RNode can be used to bootstrap a Reticulum network, as that tiny ESP32 hosts the RNode firmware, the full network software stack and documentation! The RNode has the capability to become a Wifi access point, if you connect you get this at 10.0.0.1.: https://unsigned.io/rnode_bootstrap_console/ Shit's insanely well thought out! I encourage everyone to dive in a bit. It's pure tech porn. (If you ca…
Comment linking /rnode_bootstrap_console/
on “The Zen of Reticulum”Submitted Surveillance and Your Soul, or Why Privacy Is Essential as a story · 1 points
HN discussionGood to see recent writings and changes, I had taken from the December 2025 blog post that the maintainer was done: https://unsigned.io/articles/2025_12_28_Carrier_Switch.html
Comment linking /articles/2025_12_28_Carrier_Switch.html
on “The Zen of Reticulum”Submitted RNode – Unsigned.io as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe reticulum dev have been trying to quit for years and have been quite open about his own personal struggles. More recently: - v1.0.0 was supposed to be the time his involvement is over [0] - 6 months later [1] > This is not a temporary break. It's not "see you after some rest", but a recognition that the current model is fundamentally incompatible with my life, my health, and my reality. - But he pushed 3 release…
Comment linking /articles/2025_12_28_Carrier_Switch.html
on “Reticulum, a secure and anonymous mesh networking stack”Submitted Abstractions Set in Granite as a story · 1 points
HN discussionRNode example here, but it's pretty abysmally slow due to duty cycle limitations https://unsigned.io/15-kilometre-ssh-link-with-rnode/
Comment linking /15-kilometre-ssh-link-with-rnode/
on “GNU Radio software-defined radio (SDR) implementation of a LoRa transceiver”Submitted 15 Kilometre LoRa SSH link with RNode (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mathematical analysis of a granite vase from Egypt as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted RNode as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted RNode: FOSS “self-replicating” long-range radio for digital comms as a story · 1 points
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