Adding MeshCore

[TGosselink]

Thanks for your amazing work.
I would love to see MeshCore been added to the project
Meshcore is been used accross the world by many people and in many places way bigger then Meshtastic

There are also several observers which track traffic accross the countries.
Example observers:

• https://mc-radar.woodwar.com/map?mode=topology
• https://cornmeister.nl/#/live
• https://analyzer.letsmesh.net/map

Most have API access

[BigBodyCobain]

I am totally going to do some research on this and how to implement it properly. I had a really rough go of integrating Meshtastic on here and drew the ire (rightfully so) of that community for having users clog up their brokers' APIs. I'll run it by the observers you mentioned and, if it's okay to integrate it with some caveats. I'll probably have to disable it by default unless a user chooses to use a unique personal meshcore address that they'll be responsible for, so if they draw excessive bandwidth, the observers can ban THEM specifically, and it'll be on them.

[jllr-ca]

Meshtastic is inherently limited to 3 network hops, making it a very ephemeral/close proximity network. Meshcore's routing protocol is much more robust and the network can be used to reach folks much farther. Recommend integrating Meshcore!

[BigBodyCobain]

I hear you @jllr-ca I just don't see any options for it to interface with the app right now...I hear the Meshcore community is building bridges but I am not aware of anything that will allow me to meaninfully integrate Meshcore right now. If you have any information or news on this do feel free to let me know. I will add it in a heartbeat.

[jllr-ca]

I agree, MQTT bridges allow Internet connectivity with Meshtastic nodes which is not present on Meshcore (unsure if it's on roadmap). I'm wondering if you could still access Meshcore network information (telemetry, visible routers, etc.) as is, without modifying any client/router sourcecode. https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore

[TGosselink]

If you’re looking to collect data programmatically, running your own observer + MQTT subscriber (connected to Dutch MeshCore or LetsMesh clusters) is still the most reliable way to get public channel access
There are Dutch mqtt servers and global mqtt servers