Thanks for the pointers, I&#x27;ll look them up!<p>&gt; The question is what benefits does the meshnet provide over the mixnet style schemes?<p>My Isochronous grid&#x2F;mesh protocol is designed to operate at the network layer. The TCP&#x2F;IP Internet has:
* High and Unbounded Latency
* Wasteful, Underused Links
* Low Redundancy
* A Tendency to Centralize Power
* Choke-point Surveillance and Censorship
* Disaster Vulnerabilities
* Tragedy of the Commons<p>I think a mesh network with non-centralized per-byte pricing can make a big dent in all of these.<p>A meshnet built on top of a starnet is like trying to build a road network on top of a train network: It&#x27;s not economically feasible and ultimately pointless.