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bitchat can now send itself to another Android phone with no internet required, enabling offline peer-to-peer communication.
Bitchat, a chat application, is now available on Radicle, a decentralized code collaboration platform.
India ordered GitHub to remove the Bluetooth messaging app BitChat within three hours, but the codebase was quickly mirrored on the decentralized platform Radicle, making removal impossible and demonstrating the power of decentralized infrastructure.
Indian government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based messaging app Bitchat over security concerns, according to app developer Jack Dorsey.
Jack Dorsey has open-sourced the Bitchat project, a tool that enables offline communication and Bitcoin transfers without internet, using Bluetooth Mesh networking. It supports multi-hop relay, Cashu eCash offline transfers, and double encryption, suitable for scenarios like network outages and surveillance.