What was Jack Dorsey's Bitchat — and why did it vanish in India?

Bitchat was Dorsey's experiment in messaging with no servers at all: phones relay messages directly to each other in a mesh network, so there's no company to block, monitor, or subpoena.

Bitchat was Dorsey's experiment in messaging with no servers at all: phones relay messages directly to each other in a mesh network, so there's no company to block, monitor, or subpoena. On Oct 3, India's government ordered it off the country's app stores. WHY: governments regulate through chokepoints — app stores, servers, ISPs.

Mesh messaging removes the biggest chokepoint, which is exactly why regulators and tool-builders keep colliding over it. The practical takeaway: mesh messengers also shine where there's no network at all — festivals, blackouts, hiking trails. Know which offline-capable tools your phone already has before the day you need one.