Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks

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778 points ananddtyagi | 1 comments | 07 Jul 25 00:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source

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lxgr ◴[07 Jul 25 00:34 UTC] No.44485515[source]▶

Very nice! Could this be published in the App Store, or does it use any APIs Apple considers off-limits?

I'm regularly frustrated by modern phone's complete inabilities to allow any communication when outside of mobile network or Wi-Fi coverage, not even within the two large walled gardens.

It would be so easy for Apple to extend iMessage to work peer-to-peer, at least between people that have already messaged each other before and while both screens are on. That's literally how AirDrop works, and having to send a "Notes" text back and forth is just silly.

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apetresc ◴[07 Jul 25 02:24 UTC] No.44486152[source]▶

>>44485515 #

Legit curious what the use case would be, that would justify Apple adding it in. Like, when do you need to text someone who's within Bluetooth range but somehow has no WiFi or cell reception?

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1. ileonichwiesz ◴[07 Jul 25 07:48 UTC] No.44487729[source]▶

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This is admittedly a rare and minor use case, but maybe on a plane if you’re not sitting next to each other? Last time I flew I saw two teenage girls communicating by typing into the same note file and Airdropping it back and forth for hours - it struck me as very silly that there was no messaging interface that they could use instead.

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