Bitchat Launches on Radicle: Decentralized Mesh Messaging for iOS and macOS
Bitchat Is Now on Radicle
I am introducing Bitchat, a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app now available on Radicle. It combines local Bluetooth mesh networks for offline communication with the Nostr protocol for global reach, requiring no accounts or phone numbers. This dual-transport architecture ensures messages route intelligently between nearby devices and internet relays, offering a privacy-first solution for everything from daily chats to emergency scenarios.
No accounts, no phone numbers, no central servers. It's the side-groupchat.
- inigyou
Walked around Fusion Festival with Bitchat running. Saw about 20 other devices and a few messages. Nobody replied to my messages. So usage isn't zero, but 20 devices out of 80000 people isn't a lot. Most hops I saw was 2, meaning there wasn't enough density to make it any meaningful distance across the festival grounds.
- plebian
If they care so much about availability maybe they should reconsider including libs.gms.location and be available on F-Droid (https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/24907#...)
- Cider9986
People interested in BitChat should download it just so you have it in case it gets popular or you find someone to use it with. I tested it and it's surreal to text without WiFi or cellular.
- dmix
That Radicle site design is an interesting take for a git repo platform. Good use of full width spacing, well thought out navigation, nice code rendering. I dig it.
- alwinaugustin
This is after Indian government asked Github to remove Bitchat within three hours after notice .
- RobRivera
That name
Tobias Bluth vibes
- baron3dl
Bitchat is an AOS (https://andotherstuff.org/#foundry-projects) project. Surprised, they didn't rehost it on ngit (https://gitworkshop.dev/), which is also an AOS project.
- momentmaker
For some context, it seems like the Indian government wants Bitchat to be taken down.