Hi there, kickstarter backer here, can’t wait to receive my tidbyt 
Count me +1 interested to run a tidbyt without any internet connection, I guess being able to push image updates to the device from a local system would be more than enough to cover 90% of the people interested in this kind of thing. MQTT or REST API or younameit would be more than enough.
This also needs a way to put back the original firmware on the device if needed, and I’m reading this is not yet supported.