The current iOS release uses Nostr as a backend if you are out of BT range. It's live in the app store now.
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That’s if you’ve already met the person within BT range. Apparently, I have no Nostriches anywhere near me.
Yeah I think that's the point. A mesh messenger that can keep working after you've left the mesh, communicating with people you've verified IRL. Not to be a new Nostr app for DMs.
I get it. I just haven’t had any luck converting locals to Nostr.
People using bitchat in this way wouldn't even need to know they're using Nostr. Just like 99.99% of the people using the wider Internet haven't a clue what the tcp/ip protocol is, it's just a layer hidden underneath the app. Nobody cares about how Tik Tok or Instagram actually works, they care about what it does.
That’s true. I, however, am personally curious about the connection. Let’s say I make or convert a buddy to bitchat today: how does that connect to my Nostr account, since I never entered (or was asked) for my npub or nsec?
It doesn't. Bitchat as of now has no connection to your other Nostr identities. Some people might even see that as a feature.
That’s true. I’d prefer it as an optional thing. I look at it like Simplex here: I can use my profile name, but I can also use a random incognito username too. And I can have multiple profiles each with their own names and subaliases under them. If bitchat could do that while giving me the option to have ONE of them also link to my npub, that could be the best of both worlds.
Vibe it up
I’ve never done it. I think I’ve heard about Shakespeare… I don’t know anything else about save that it uses AI to attempt to program what you want based on prompts.
I've never coded anything more than a copy paste bash script before.
I expect this will move fast, being open source & public domain.