Bitchat Explained: How to Send Messages when the Internet Goes Down
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Cashu has production mints and libraries that wallets are already shipping, e.g. Zeus wallet integration, letting communities run lightweight mints and users treat ecash as disposable “pocket money” for AI agents that can be provisioned in seconds. BitChat runs a Bluetooth Low Energy mesh that sees real adoption in Jamaica, Iran, Nepal and reaches roughly 100 m Bluetooth range outdoors, with plans to bridge Wi‑Fi and use Nostr geohash chats for uncensorable, accountless wider-area communication.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:56The state of Cashu ecash and building the foundation
- 2:07Who's actually adopting ecash and why
- 3:26Ecash as "pocket money" for AI agents
- 4:50BitChat goes global: Jamaica, Iran, Nepal
- 5:35Why "build it and they will come" isn't a law
- 7:45Staying connected when the internet is shut down
- 9:00How far BitChat's mesh network can really reach
- 11:32Nostr, geohash chats, and going online
- 12:46What's next: open-source AI agents
