Jack Dorsey tests Bitchat — decentralized messaging without internet

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Block CEO Jack Dorsey has released a white paper and launched a beta for Bitchat, a decentralized messaging app using Bluetooth mesh networks for internet-free, encrypted communication.

Authors

Martin Young

Publish date

July 6, 2025

Publisher

Cointelegraph

Web URL

https://cointelegraph.com/news/jack-dorsey-launches-bluetooth-relayed-decentralized-messaging-app-bitchat

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There are future plans to enable messaging over WiFi, which will increase the bandwidth for large messages.

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Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has launched the beta version of a new decentralized peer-to-peer messaging service that runs entirely over Bluetooth.

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The “Bluetooth mesh chat” system has “IRC [Internet Relay Chat] vibes,” Dorsey added, harking back to the early days of web-based messaging systems in the late 1990s.

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