my weekend project to learn more about bluetooth mesh networks, relays, store and forward models, encryption models, and a few other things: https://github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat
nostr-only TestFlight if you want to play with it: https://testflight.apple.com/join/QwkyFq6z
I've ported bitchat to Android and it's interoperable with the iOS app by nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m
github repo: https://github.com/callebtc/bitchat-android
apk release: https://github.com/callebtc/bitchat-android/releases/tag/0.1
it's still a bit rough around the edges and there are a few bugs. issues and PRs welcome
amazing
Zap store?
This is what I was waiting for 🥳
Now to find friends...
So lonely here too 
Graphene to Graphene didn't work. 😢
nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg was your test from Graphene?
nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m should put a bounty out to make this compatible with LORA and meshtastic. Would be a much greater extension than just wifi.
I don't think the radios in the phones would allow that. If they even did 915MHz.
Nostr devs ship things so fast when they lock in. Nostr has the best devs, probably the best devs ever.
Hella quick dr well done
Want to try bitchat 🥹
Smooth as silk between my Pixel running nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 and my iPhone.
Think I know what the upcoming Freedom Tech Weekend should focus on this Friday.
Bitchat เวอร์ชัน android มาแล้วว
ชาว #siamstr ไปตำกัน
Son of a bitchat
Graci
Great work! I noticed on Graphene it crashes if approximate location is selected.
What are the privacy issues of needing to turn on precise location service?
that's because of BLE, it requires location permissions (doesn't use gps though)
I couldn't get it to discover any peers in graphene though, not sure what the issue is
So just someone else would know a peer is nearby but not details of the device?
No peers even with precise location selected?
Bitchat reminds me of Qaul, which nostr:npub18r5cznu8e4632p4w7htahuypmc226vrudxz9y64se6heda35jdescaeqct is working on. Maybe there are synergies...
it only took me half a day to port a *native* iOS app to *native* Android with AI.
hardware stack I've never worked with (BLE) and I'm not even an Android dev. it would've required weeks of research if I attempted this just a year ago.
devs who resist AI are so cooked 💀
Legend
I have zero sign of functionality at all. The app doesn't even notice if Bluetooth is deactivated, and 2 phones next to each other show zero sign of seeing each other in the app with both having Bluetooth activated
Is their android apk available
A Zip? WTF? Can't use it with obtanium
nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg can you add .apk files? Everyone on Android is using Obtanium to download/update apps, and it doesnt work with zip files.
find god
wen binary apk?
You are 💎 gem !
Amazing 🤩
I tried to develop something similar (mesh Bluetooth chat) but wasn't matured enough
Brilliant! that's why you're a dr. now 🔥
I've fixed the android-to-android issues, it should now also work with graphene os. please try and report bugs.
https://github.com/callebtc/bitchat-android/releases/tag/0.3
Strong BitchX IRC vibes for sure.
That's a name I haven't heard for a long time
Try this out. Who knows, we might just save ourselves from total authoritarian lockdown after all 👀
I tried it with the family once we were out of range and came back. It was very slow to update. I even opened both apps on two phones next to each other, waiting for the chats to update, and after a few minutes, I gave up. It seems to work sometimes and not others. I will check it again in a few months.
