# CD193: FIPS - FIXING THE INTERNET

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Podcast: [Citadel Dispatch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/citadel-dispatch-1365851)
Published: 2026-03-06T23:46:50+00:00
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## Resource

FIPS is an open source mesh networking project that enables devices to connect directly to each other without relying on any central servers or infrastructure. Today's internet depends on companies and governments that can monitor, censor, or shut down communication at will. FIPS solves this by giving every node a cryptographic identity and encrypting all traffic automatically, so no one in the middle can see or block what you're doing. Nodes discover each other and route messages through the mesh on their own, and regular apps like browsers and SSH clients work on top of it without any special setup. Arjen on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1hw6amg8p24ne08c9gdq8hhpqx0t0pwanpae9z25crn7m9uy7yarse465gr Jonathan on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub19wavu4f7l6l43h24jyskn7fvzy37kcfp67aqjtmv2qgy4lp34nhsda8p6k FIPS Repo: https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1y0gja7r4re0wyelmvdqa03qmjs62rwvcd8szzt4nf4t2hd43969qj000ly/relay.ngit.dev/fips Tollgate: https://tollgate.me Sovereign Engineering: https://sovereignengineering.io/ EPISODE: 193 BLOCK: 939631 PRICE:  1465 sats per dollar (02:03) Introducing FIPS and the goal of a middleman free internet (04:16) Why static IPs fail for hosting and how FIPS reframes identity (05:51) Decoupling transport and routing: protocol-agnostic design (06:50) Peer discovery across Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and local broadcast (07:43) Future global routing ideas and decentralized discovery (09:05) Local mesh handshakes, Noise encryption, and Bloom filters (11:02) Community meshes, resilience, and mixed transports (11:42) Starlink and bridging meshes over the wider internet (13:21) Use case: protest resilience and reconnecting to the world (14:08) Origins: conferences, Sovereign Engineering, and NoDNS (16:04) From NoDNS to FIPS: faster updates, remaining gaps (17:10…

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