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Bitchat is now on Radicle

Bitchat is now on Radicle

h1watt

Comments (93)

  • 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.
  • RobRivera
    That nameTobias 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.
  • TranquilMarmot
    > Messages route through nearby devices (max 7 hops)How far, realistically, could this reach using just iOS and Android devices? If each device can reach ~100m, that means you could theoretically reach somebody 700m (2.3k feet) away? Or would it be further if two devices are at the edge of their radio range?
  • momentmaker
    For some context, it seems like the Indian government wants Bitchat to be taken down.https://xcancel.com/jack/status/2080565084586135773
  • xyzsparetimexyz
    Yo where's my
  • qwertyastronaut
    I can’t wait until Goblin is acquired by Nematode. Then finally they might make Gorbachev open source.
  • thisisnotauser
    I love these posts, every week it's "Gloop is now on Ploof!"
  • pioneerjeff
    Are there any special features comparing with other decentrilized message product? Such as Nostr or XMTP？
  • Qision
    Is it Jack Dorsey who moved the repo or someone else?
  • Mistletoe
    This is the cyberpunk future I was hoping we would get…and we got something completely different, some kind of centralized corpo dystopia. I’ve installed it!
  • anon
    undefined
  • imtringued
    I hope they will enjoy fighting with https://radicle.dev/ over the project name.
  • xyst
    In theory, this could work.Setup machine with bluetooth receiver.Funnel packets from Bluetooth receiver over a virtual private network (ie, wireguard, tailscale, netbird).Then in another state/country/continent with server connected to vpn then rebroadcasts those packets over BLE.A mesh network overlayed on top of another mesh network.
  • guess_who_is_it
    jack promoted censorship when he was in twitter, now he is playing the saint card.
  • ck2
    btw what's the current state of mesh wifi?seems like after November or January 2029 might need it since administration now has a kill-switch so why wouldn't they use it
  • VCFundedGenYer
    Such a terrible name. Can't believe marketing didn't catch it.
  • zenethian
    Is this bit-chat or bitch-at?
  • anon
    undefined
  • orliesaurus
    Is this irc compatible?