Bitchat, the peer-to-peer encrypted messaging app that sends messages over Bluetooth LE, can now itself be sent from one Android device to another — no internet or Google Play Store required. This is a big deal, considering India’s recent attempts to ban the app from Github. If this isn’t cypherpunk, I don’t know what is. [Media: https://twitter.com/callebtc/status/2082106744788955310]

Bitchat, the internet-free messaging app founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is gaining popularity in India despite a government order asking GitHub to remove its source…

Despite a government-ordered GitHub takedown, Bitchat, an internet-free messaging app, continues to thrive in India, sparking constitutional debates from civil liberty groups.