Twitter co-founder and Block Head Jack Dorsey launched a new peer-to-peer messaging app over the weekend called Bitchat that runs entirely over Bluetooth. Bitchat relies on Bluetooth Low Energy mesh networks to send encrypted communications directly to nearby devices without requiring internet or cellular service.

One of the founders of OpenGarden, Micha Benoliel, co-founded a company called Nodle that runs a decentralized wireless network that incentivizes participation by connecting smartphones via various protocols, including Bluetooth, and offering NODL cryptocurrency tokens in exchange for network bandwidth.

Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a