{"id":25140,"date":"2025-07-07T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/jack-dorsey-unveils-encrypted-bluetooth-chat\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:02:00","slug":"jack-dorsey-unveils-encrypted-bluetooth-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/jack-dorsey-unveils-encrypted-bluetooth-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dorsey Unveils Encrypted Bluetooth Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block, has introduced the beta version of a decentralized messenger called Bitchat. The application operates via Bluetooth without an internet connection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">and here&#8217;s an ugly whitepaper describing protocol: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AhJ1y0jJdP\">https:\/\/t.co\/AhJ1y0jJdP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack (@jack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1941989439237955773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dorsey compared the messenger to <span data-descr=\"chat system that can be used for private communication between two people\" class=\"old_tooltip\">IRC<\/span> chats from the late 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>According to the white paper, Bitchat is a fully decentralized network without central servers. Registration does not require accounts, email, or phone numbers. Messages are stored only in the device&#8217;s memory and do not enter a central database. Additional security is provided by end-to-end encryption.<\/p>\n<p>Each device in the Bitchat network functions both as a client and as a relay. Messages can &#8220;hop&#8221; between gadgets to reach distant users. The Bluetooth range is 30 meters, and separate network clusters are connected by bridge nodes. Large messages are divided into 500-byte fragments.<\/p>\n<p>The messenger is suitable for use at conferences and in disaster zones\u2014situations where internet access is limited or unreliable. Developers plan to introduce Wi-Fi support for transferring large files in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in June, Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-xchat-a-dm-replacement-faces-criticism\">announced<\/a> the launch of XChat messenger &#8220;with encryption, disappearing messages, and the ability to send any files.&#8221; The application faced criticism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block, has introduced the beta version of a decentralized messenger called Bitchat. The application operates via Bluetooth without an internet connection. and here&#8217;s an ugly whitepaper describing protocol: https:\/\/t.co\/AhJ1y0jJdP \u2014 jack (@jack) July 6, 2025 Dorsey compared the messenger to IRC chats from the late 1990s. According to the white paper, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[130,1330],"class_list":["post-25140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-decentralization","tag-jack-dorsey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"98","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}