Hello Sysops!
Hope everything's going well on your end. I wanted to share my recent exploration of Retroshare, a software that, though its non-sexy interface but quite different from the good old BBS days, brings something intriguing and innovative to the table.

Certainly, Retroshare will never replace the iconic ANSI Art aspect of BBS. However, where it comes close is in the essence of decentralized communication, with its Areas, netmails, and fileareas. It's like taking the friendliness of BBS and modernizing it to meet today's requirements for security and anonymity, thanks to GPG encryption and the use of Tor.
While the absence of ANSI Art may feel a bit melancholic for the nostalgics, communication-wise, Retroshare offers something genuinely interesting.
For those of you curious to explore this platform (not exactly brand new, but still actively maintained), my GPG public key is available for you to add me to your contacts:
ABB5bH3cB8nMr8amjk24i9DdAxRsmFeoaFQ1BohSmKBpfzdpMv8ZJgERRXJyb3I1MDBJc1Rlc3RpbmeQRAAAAAImlnQzYWtzdzR6ZGhpbGszd3ZqM21yeXQzbDdmcGJhZ3VoZjNkb292Nno0d2kzcXprYjZzMmV0MnlkLm9uaW9uBAMqqrg=

Feel free to reach out if you're interested in sharing your thoughts or if you want to dive into this experience together. Who knows, Retroshare might become an exciting new facet in our online communication world.
I'm not part of the Retroshare project as I'm a poor in devel knowledge especially C++, I just discovered it recently and found some interest on it. They have a client for Windows, MacOs and Linux. More details on https://www.retroshare.cc/

Christian

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Hope everything's going well on your end. I wanted to share my recent exploration of Retroshare, a software that, though its non-sexy
interface but quite different from the good old BBS days, brings
something intriguing and innovative to the table.

https://www.retroshare.cc/

Interesting; a few of us still run KDX servers... retroshare, without having installed or used it, looks like a Windows 7-era version of KDX.

We were always looking for the next way to create community, weren't we? Heck; we still are!

I might give an install - do you have any retroshare servers to connect to, or does it not work that way?



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Hello paulie420!

17 Feb 24 10:55, you wrote to me:

Hope everything's going well on your end. I wanted to share my
recent exploration of Retroshare, a software that, though its
non-sexy interface but quite different from the good old BBS
days, brings something intriguing and innovative to the table.

https://www.retroshare.cc/

I might give an install - do you have any retroshare servers to
connect to, or does it not work that way?

1) Browse to this URL :https://retroshare.ch/invite

2) Connect to a friend server over tor. I did not find any server, so I spent some time creating a docker image and I'm now running a hidden service at this onion address : st5aftoje62sosmnj5yaxfetagiyngjonmi6vdmjtyhatgxniwjmixyd.onion port 9878.

First time you launch Retroshare-gui, don't forget to click on "New Profile/Node" then chose "Hidden Node (over Tor)".
When you got the main window, click on Network Icon, then Friend Server tab then add the onion address I pasted above, then type your password (the one you just created), then click on "ON/OFF" and set friends to request to 1 (otherwise you'll have to wait while my hidden friend server reaches 10 peers so it could take a while as my hidden server is currently unknown and hidden) :D

Here is my retroshare ID (as I lost the one I posted in my original message) to add me as a friend and start discovering this nice platform : ABCbHbfBHi3JDnaznA8Y6AYBAxT4hQyxdqkf5G9Eg0uTOO9OGOju3AEIRXJyb3I1MDCQRAAAAAImljJpaGgzZXd4ZGJodHN5Y2xoamRpMzZ6c2phZmJjaWV1M3Zkc2Nkdnk2dTRwcHRkemx6ZGtnZGFkLm9uaW9uBAOjJ7c=

Best regards,
Christian


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* Origin: ----> SPARK BBS (21:1/153)

1) Browse to this URL :https://retroshare.ch/invite

2) Connect to a friend server over tor. I did not find any server, so
I spent some time creating a docker image and I'm now running a hidden service at this onion address : st5aftoje62sosmnj5yaxfetagiyngjonmi6vdmjtyhatgxniwjmixyd.onion port 9878.

First time you launch Retroshare-gui, don't forget to click on "New Profile/Node" then chose "Hidden Node (over Tor)".
When you got the main window, click on Network Icon, then Friend Server tab then add the onion address I pasted above, then type your password (the one you just created), then click on "ON/OFF" and set friends to request to 1 (otherwise you'll have to wait while my hidden friend
server reaches 10 peers so it could take a while as my hidden server is currently unknown and hidden) :D

Here is my retroshare ID (as I lost the one I posted in my original message) to add me as a friend and start discovering this nice platform : ABCbHbfBHi3JDnaznA8Y6AYBAxT4hQyxdqkf5G9Eg0uTOO9OGOju3AEIRXJyb3I1MDCQRAAAAA aGgzZXd4ZGJodHN5Y2xoamRpMzZ6c2phZmJjaWV1M3Zkc2Nkdnk2dTRwcHRkemx6ZGtnZGFkLm BAOjJ7c=

I did download, and run once - but I was turned off with what I saw... it feels a bit scammy. I've downloaded your suggestions into a .txt file and will review after the whiskey wears off. :P



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Hello paulie420!

19 Feb 24 22:50, you wrote to me:

I did download, and run once - but I was turned off with what I saw...
it feels a bit scammy. I've downloaded your suggestions into a .txt
file and will review after the whiskey wears off. :P

My apologies, the server crashed while I was sleeping and I had to reinstall everything.
you can try again with this new onion link : n3uyxxalxhnfry7ncvd2d6qp6geyfwnx6rwiysy5sm7njrdxlndvhgad.onion

Port is unchanged, 9878

I'm now connected with some other friendservers and there are people you can add, there are active forums, boards, files, chat and all that Retroshare offers.

My retroshare ID is ABCoFzbyPgS5+RAHHFD+kjOmAxRqPwnCSdbsV1SmxAI8x4BJaGbAmwELRXJyb3I1MDBUb3KQRAAAAAImlm5vd25zaXZtZWt6YTNqanQ3cWU3dm9sZDVjdm0yYzV2czY0Ymlva3JhYTd2ZWUybW1na3hpZnlkLm9uaW9uBAPb2U0=

Christian


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