Jack Dorsey’s Messaging App Bitchat Goes Live in the Apple App Store

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who now heads Bitcoin tech firm Block, announced on Monday that his messaging app Bitchat, which communicates exclusively via Bluetooth, is now available in the Apple App Store. According to Bitchat’s whitepaper on Github, the app is “a secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks.” It doesn’t require an Internet connection or phone number and features end-to-end encryption, unlike other popular messaging applications such as Telegram. End-to-end encryption ensures that communication between senders and receivers is secure and cannot be accessed by third parties, including the service provider.