AI without datacenters. Comms without ISPs. Payments without banks. One node. Zero internet. FOSS | Works on @TheMeshtastic | powered by @CashuBTC
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we’re building something small
fits in your hand
runs on almost no power
when everything goes down
it still works
→ communicate
→ move value
→ run AI
no internet
no banks
no cloud
just your node
Blackbox Node v1
opening early
for people who get it ... wave 👋
🤖 Made with AI
Blackbox retweeted
60+ organisations shaping Cypherpunk Congress in Mumbai!
🌺 Digital rights focused from @SFLCin to @accessnow
🌼 Privacy at scale from @torproject to @brave
🍂 Big Tech alternatives from @fileverse to @session_app
🌷 Internet censorship from @OpenObservatory to @MotherofallVPNs
🍀 Decentralisation focused from @ethswarm to @dappnode
🪴 Easy to use privacy from @nym to @cakewallet
United in digital rights: congress.web3privacy.info
Blackbox retweeted
@BlackboxAIhost has been sending bitcoin:native over long-range radio via @CashuBTC for a while now..
FLIPPER ONE SENDS DATA 150 KM OVER RADIO WITHOUT INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY COULD BE USED TO SEND BITCOIN TRANSACTIONS
Flipper says its upcoming LoRa module can send messages through a network of radio repeaters without relying on the internet.
In London tests, messages traveled more than 150 km through the MeshCore network.
The same technology could be used for Bitcoin transactions.
A signed Bitcoin transaction is a small piece of data. It could travel over LoRa radio, hop through repeaters and eventually reach a gateway connected to a Bitcoin node, which could broadcast it to the network.
That could give Bitcoin users another way to send transactions when local internet access goes down.
Blackbox retweeted
proud to see @BlackboxAIhost now listed among the Community Partners at @web3privacy
Blackbox retweeted
Built from what I learned moving @CashuBTC value over radio with @BlackboxAIhost.
Resilient Pay is my attempt to extend that idea to Ethereum: @Keycard_ for signing, QR for UX, local radio for offline coordination, Ethereum for settlement.
Blackbox Follow-up 👀
A few month ago, was a concept.
Today the node already supports:
✓ Local AI
✓ Meshtastic communication
✓ Mesh telemetry
✓ Environmental awareness
✓ AI-assisted field analysis
✓ Off-grid messaging
✓ Local web interface
✓ Offline knowledge base (RAG)
✓ Sensor integration
Coming next:
• Dedicated Blackbox hardware
• Dual-radio architecture (LoRa + LR2021)
• Maps & team coordination
• Cashu/eCash experiments
• Autonomous AI agents
• Image & file transfer
• Voice interaction
Every week the node becomes more capable.
We're not building another gadget.
We're building the future of off-grid infrastructure.
Blackbox retweeted
got my @Keycard_.
i originally picked it up as a potential component for Blackbox Pay, not just another hardware wallet.
first impression: it feels genuinely solid. especially when you look at the contacts and the soldering quality. it looks like hardware you could trust inside real infrastructure.
the plan is to use Keycard for secure key storage and transaction approval, while the Keycard Shell could potentially work as the physical payment terminal.
combined with @BlackboxAIhost, this could become an autonomous payment layer for regions with unstable internet access.
when connectivity is available, the system syncs with the global network.
when it disappears, payments based on @CashuBTC can still move between devices over mesh networks. a single Blackbox node with internet access would be enough to connect the entire local network back to the outside world.
if this architecture works, we get an ultra-cheap, fault-tolerant, decentralized payment infrastructure that can be deployed almost anywhere.
now i need to see how well Keycard and Shell fit into it in practice.
Blackbox retweeted
the people who already own enough compute could just connect it.
no startup raising a seed round to rent GPUs back to you.
no cloud dashboard, no terms of service deciding what you're allowed to ask.
just a permissionless inference network, running open-weight models nobody can quietly lobotomize.
ZK handles access and payment, no accounts, no identity, no logs.
prompts stay confidential in and out.
no company sitting in the middle with a kill switch.
none of the pieces are new. the GPUs are already out there, half idle in garages and data centers. the models are already downloadable. the cryptography has been tested for a decade.
the only thing missing is coordination.
bittorrent moved files without a company. bitcoin moved value without a bank.
this moves intelligence without a lab.
the first uncensorable AI won't launch. it'll just start running.
Blackbox is a FOSS project, and we need more people to see what we are building.
If you are a journalist, technologist, researcher, donor, funder, or simply someone who believes in open and resilient infrastructure, you can help.
Share our work. Write about it. Connect us with the right people. Contribute code, expertise, hardware, or funding.
Our mission is simple: spread the message and turn Blackbox into a real autonomous device that keeps working when the internet does not.
Repost this to help the signal travel further. Our DMs are always open.
Build with us.
Blackbox fits directly into the @web3privacy Neocypherpunk conversation: resistance networks, open protocols, local AI, and infrastructure that keeps working when the internet does not.
Build with us.
For years, mesh networks were seen as something for survivalists, ham radio nerds, and cypherpunks living on the edge.
Now the rest of the world is starting to realize the same thing: Relying on a single internet connection is a fragile bet. We need resilient infrastructure.
Seeing interest in mesh networks reach new highs is a strong signal that people are looking for alternatives.
It gives us even more conviction to keep building Blackbox.
Less tribalism. More builders.
Privacy needs real infrastructure, not just hot takes.
Glad to see @web3privacy connecting the people actually shipping it.
Freedom is beyond any tribalism.
We are crafting people behind @web3privacy community, so once you visit Cypherpunk Congress - you can connect with incredible individuals building from secure messengers to network-level privacy.
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AI race just went full Mad Max: Meta building massive off-grid tent data centers powered by private turbines.
The future of compute is escaping the grid.
What does this mean for decentralized AI?
Meta is building dozens of massive tents at campuses across the US, sticking billions of dollars of chips inside, and powering them with off-grid turbines.
The AI race has officially entered its Mad Max phase.
Over the last month, I reviewed hundreds of documents and satellite images for Cleanview's latest report on behind-the-meter data centers. Meta's data center strategy, which is very visible from space, was one of the weirder approaches I came across.
Mark Zuckerberg recently ditched the data center designs that Meta had perfected over the last decade and told his team to stick tens of thousands of chips in tents outside their data center in New Albany, Ohio. Each of these chips costs about $60,000. Zuckerberg plans to stick billions of dollars worth of them in the tents.
The strategy has helped cut the time to build compute in half. The first five buildings at Meta’s New Albany, Ohio data center took between two and three years to build. Meta started building five ~125,000 square foot tents between April and June of 2026, according to city permits. Satellite images show the structures have all been built.
To power those "rapid deployment structures", as they are officially named, Meta signed a 10-year deal with Williams to build a pair of 200 MW off-grid power plants. Those power plants began construction about a year ago and are nearly complete.
Meta is using the same strategy to build a data center in Tennessee, bringing the total count of tent data centers to three.
Strategies like this are part of the reason behind-the-meter data center capacity is growing so quickly.
In Cleanview's report, I found that there's currently about 2 GW of BTM capacity online today. By the end of the year, it will likely be 3 GW—equivalent to three nuclear power plants. By the end of 2027, it could be as high as 13 GW—more than the power demand of NYC.
I've been talking to a lot of reporters about this research. When I told one reporter about these tents and other companies powering their data centers with jet engines, he said, "It's like a scene out of the movie Mad Max."
AI is moving off the cloud.
Money is moving outside banks.
Networks are moving back into the hands of users.
Blackbox connects these ideas in one local-first stack:
→ local AI
→ @TheMeshtastic mesh
→ @CashuBTC value transfer
→ no ISP
→ no cloud
It costs nothing to install today.
But one day, when the internet goes dark, it may become priceless.
Install Blackbox. Run a node. Own your infrastructure.
