E1744: MeshCore Team Feud Here's What Happened

About this episode

This episode explores the dramatic fork of the MeshCore project and its implications for the community.

Discover the full story behind the dramatic MeshCore fork. In this video, we break down the official blog post from the MeshCore core team explaining "The Split" — from secret AI "vibe coding" with Claude, the surprise trademark filing, loss of trust, to the launch of the new official home at meshcore.io. Learn what this means for the 38,000+ node MeshCore network, 100,000+ app users, firmware development, and the future of human-written open-source mesh networking hardware. New Meshcore Website - https://meshcore.io Devices that work for Meshcore - https://amzn.to/4n073rH Blogpost - https://blog.meshcore.io/2026/04/23/the-split Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ham-radio-2-0--2042782/support .

People in this episode

Host: Jason Johnston - KC5HWB

Topics covered

• Mesh networking
• Open-source software
• Technology news
• AI in technology
• Community trust
• Firmware development

Keywords

• MeshCore
• AI coding
• firmware development
• open-source
• networking hardware
• trademark filing
• community trust

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MeshCore, Claude, meshcore.io

Places: MeshCore network

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