Jack Dorsey, founding father of Twitter (now X) and fintech firm Block (SQ), has revealed a whitepaper for Bitchat, a decentralized messaging protocol that allows totally encrypted communication – with out the web.
Bitchat would function over Bluetooth Low Power (BLE), permitting close by gadgets to type a mesh community that relays messages hop-by-hop, in accordance with the whitepaper revealed on Sunday.
When a message is distributed, it could journey throughout close by gadgets appearing as momentary nodes till it reaches its recipient, making it resilient in offline or censored environments.
Messages are end-to-end encrypted utilizing Curve25519 and AES-GCM, making certain that solely the supposed recipient can learn them. The protocol doesn’t gather metadata, person identities are obfuscated and messages vanish by default after supply except explicitly saved by the person.
Whereas not making express references to Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or blockchain, Dorsey describes Bitchat as a “decentralized, peer-to-peer messaing software,” evoking connections to the Bitcoin whitepaper’s intro wherein it’s described as a “peer-to-peer model of digital money.”
Very like Bitcoin eliminates reliance on centralized intermediaries in finance, Bitchat might take away central authorities from digital communication.
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