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Simple message board that can be hosted on a NomadNet node, messages can be posted by 'conversing' with a unique peer, all messages are then forwarded to the message board.

A user can submit messages to the message board by initiating a chat with the message board peer, they are assigned a username (based on the first 5 characters of their address) and their messages are added directly to the message board. The message board can be viewed on a page hosted by a NomadNet node.

An example message board can be found on the reticulum testnet hosted on the SolarExpress Node T383838<d16df67bff870a8eaa2af6957c5a2d7d> and the message board peer T383838<ad713cd3fedf36cc190f0cb89c4be1ff>

The message board page itself is hosted on a NomadNet node, you can place the messageboard.mu into the pages directory. You can then run the messageboard.py script which provides the peer that the users can send messages to. The two parts are joined together using umsgpack and a flat file system similar to NomadNet and Reticulum and runs in the background.

• Turn on node hosting in NomadNet

• Put the T383838message_board.mu file into T383838pages directory in the config file for T383838NomadNet. Edit the file to customise from the default page.

• Run the T383838message_board.py script (T383838python3 message_board.py either in a T383838screen or as a system service), this script uses T383838NomadNet and T383838RNS libraries and has no additional libraries that need to be installed. Take a note of the message boards address, it is printed on starting the board, you can then place this address in T383838message_board.mu file to make it easier for users to interact the board.

• This example application was written and contributed by @chengtripp