For the average person, probably not much use. But we're in an interesting time where laptops and phones are ubiquitous and all of them have bluetooth. It being open source, and already ported to Android, is a bit special too. Seems like a coinflip whether it catches on, and if people start using it for concerts, festivals, group camps or whatever, then in a disaster it will already be there for people.

Bluetooth mesh chats were quite popular and effective during the Hong Kong protests.

Aside from protests, I'd also say they could be useful during festivals and other events where mobile networks can get quite congested.

Eventually fragments of groups will pass within range, forwarding messages to the rest, useful for coordinating rendezvous.

If built into an app for the event, it would be even more effective.

> What's the use case and/or value proposition for the average person?

Weird take. If it doesn't make sense to you, maybe it's just not for you (yet). That's not an indictment of either you, the project, or other people being excited about it. Not everything has to be targeting the lowest common denominator on launch.

Who even is "The Average Person"?