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"no servers"? Unless you're using Bluetooth at that ocean location, how can you connect to those folks without some internet-based server? Or maybe you're in the US somewhere, connecting exclusively via the Bluetooth mesh, chatting in a channel that but happens to be named "#21m"?

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redOz 5 months ago

Bitchat runs locally over Bluetooth mesh without servers when infra is down. But it can also bridge to the wider world via Nostr relays. Those relays aren’t “servers” in the WhatsApp/Signal sense (centralized, phone-number bound) — they’re dumb message broadcasters anyone can run, no single point of control. So: local mesh when offline, Nostr relays when online. Correct me if I’m wrong please! 🙏🏼

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