Jack Dorsey Launches Bluetooth-Based Bitchat Over the Weekend
Main Idea
Jack Dorsey launched a Bluetooth-based messaging app called Bitchat over the weekend, which operates without an internet connection or phone number and features end-to-end encryption.
Key Points
1. Bitchat is a secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks.
2. The app does not require an internet connection or phone number, according to its whitepaper.
3. Bitchat features end-to-end encryption, positioning it as a competitor to Meta’s WhatsApp.
4. Dorsey acknowledged that the app is still in development and lacks some key features.
5. The project was described as a weekend learning experiment focused on Bluetooth mesh networks, relays, and storage.
Description
Most people use the weekend to unwind, not Jack Dorsey, CEO of Bitcoin tech firm Block and former CEO of what was then Twitter. Dorsey spent this past weekend building a messaging app that exclusively communicates via Bluetooth. “My weekend project: to learn about Bluetooth mesh networks, relays, and store and forward models, message encryption
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