Bitchat is a messaging app that operates through Bluetooth mesh networks, allowing users to send messages without Wi-Fi or cell reception. Because of Bluetooth’s technical limitations, this kind of app generally only works at a range of around 100 meters, making it useful for situations like finding friends at a busy music festival where cell service is spotty. However, Dorsey claims that his app has an extended range, relaying messages through peers to extend up to 300 meters, or 984 feet.
Fun to watch Jack go wild with vibe coding.
It'd be cool if this eventually could get the messages to the internet, like what AirTag and FindMy do.
I want to read it as "Bit Chat" but my brain keeps pulling towards "Bitch at"
Bitch At is a great name for a messaging app.
The chat is hilarius. Did anyone install it? I want to try that offline bluetooth mesh network to send bitcoin. It´s the answer to the blackout that happened in Spain and Portugal recently.
I really like this ux
We already have things like Meshtastic, with much bigger range, separate devices and bridges to our phones. Why create something inferior?
Meshtatic requires specialized devices, bluetooth is available on every phone
True, but...
I might have jumped the gun with my comment, but in all seriousness I can't see it as more than a toy for peace times. For serious usage it's not enough.
Everyonw keeps looking for the one thing that will solve all problems - jack vibecoded a bluetooth p2p app, if it was anyone else in the world nobody would care about it but because its jack everyone does, but more importantly - any awareness that there are options that dont necessitate a 3rd party or doxing everyone is good, it directionally gets you closer to decentralization and further from big (brother) tech
Would anybody care if it wasn’t Jack Dorsey’s code?
Probably not
+1. If some random did that, no one would be interested.
Another cool bluetooth project
https://github.com/KoalaSat/samiz/releases/tag/v0.0.6-alpha
Create a mesh with your android device and use nostr without accessing the internet
Sounds useful especially for people in authoritarian countries and a similar app like the one used in Honk Kong has already been proven to work so it will have demand. Areas with poor cell service and no Wi-Fi will also find the app useful and productive. I personally probably have no use for it but overall good idea.
I love seeing a tech CEO still creating things!
github: #1025176
dat commit message...
https://github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat/commit/d3c1b77015ceabeafa4aec5192ef29988ae2f54a
dat closed ticket
Native iOS, fml.
my bad, missed your earlier post. github's auto titles always throw me off
For real! And nobody's gotta know jackjackbits is JD. ahahhh
Considering the range of bluetooth this will be a very niche product. In Favelas, in red light districts, on ships at high seas, on really remote camping trips. Things like that.
I think he should take a look at the Reticulum Network
Isn't a LoRa network much better? Obviously it's more complex (and expensive), but I think it has a greater range.
It might be interesting
wonder if they could interoperate
Here they talk about the integration with LoRa, as I imagined, they published it today
Cool idea, but I can't see this gaining traction with normies.
Jack just seems to want to pump out as many decentralized digital products as possible. Bluesky fell apart and he walked away a while ago now but it is neat to see him launch and help with these projects that in theory really bypass the way of shareholders and wealth generation!