So you just became Wind of Reticulum
May visited it`s Webpage
or read some of its Technicals and Docs,
now decided to try out Sideband?
ok,good.
Here is a short Introduction for Firsttime Users
All the technical stuff did not deter you from wanting to try this out now for yourself,
and in fact you dont have to know much about how it will all works in order to start using it,
the best part about it;
Reticulum is doing all of its work automaticly for you,
all you have to do is keep on learning(bugging your nerdier buddies) more about it
to be able to unlock more and more things as you may like the idea of having your own connections and nodes ect.
but thats completley up to you.
Go and install it if you have not yet done it, (and check if theres a new Version from time to time) and start it.
The Technical Guide can be consumed later from the Menu, go to Preferences now.
There you can change your username, the rest is good to know where it is, but can be left untouched.
Now go to the Menu Connectivity and activate TCP/IP. When this is all done,shut down the app from the Menu and restart it again
Now,youll be connected to the RNS Testnet and have sent your first Announce at Restart.
To do this on demand you go to the Menu Conversations and simply Click the first button from the left (on the right top)
Good,Tell your friends what Announce to look for instead of the lxmf adress(number)
In fact this Menu is an important part of the App as all users will be sending Announces, where you can watch and decide to start interacting, when your friends will come onboard, you will see their Announces or they see yours and voila,thats all thats needed to start using the App.
All it takes is a little time and more and more Announces are listed, so at start patience is needed in discovering foreign Nodes and Peers in the Wild,let the App work for a while.
soon you will have lists and contacts if you use the App, (which looks bare at start)you can edit/manage them there.
Of course there can be more things made, but for beginners its all that is needed to use it.
We hope youll find this inspiring enough for you to decide to think about your own connections and souvreign infrastructure and Networks.
From testing this new way of Networking to having a safe secure independent solution even for emergency scenarios
is then merly a small hobby project away from anyone intrested to achieve or provide. And we are there to assist.
Please spread the word and support our efforts, thank you very much
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