# TX only nodes

**URL:** <https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/tx-only-nodes/53561>\
**Category:** End Devices (Nodes)\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/tx-only-nodes/53561 "2021-12-01T09:55:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/descartes/32/47220_2.png) [@descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/descartes)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/tx-only-nodes/53561/14 "2021-12-01T16:28:03Z")

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> [@temp99707](#):
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> You can never trust a technology that excludes old hardware when changing versions.

Like leaded petrol?

Or acoustic modems for dialup?

> [@temp99707](#):
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> It’s good that you weren’t responsible for the WLAN standard

Or what. Sounds like a threat to me, so I think we’re going to close this as you don’t want helping and there’s no point whining.

PS, the bits missing from TinyLoRa were always in the spec, they were just left out because using an ATtiny looked like a good move at the time.

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