In its current form, bitchat has now future but I'm optimistic the momentum will get some capable people to look into this to fix it. The mesh network can be the entry point to private communities. Dropping the mesh part would be the doom of bitchat and the mesh part alone is just frustrating when you are at the periphery of the mesh and can't get reliable conversations. The current noise all about skipping the mesh part and it's good to attract people but not the final product.