Jack Dorsey and other Bitcoiners have pushed for Signal, a privacy-focused message app, to accept Bitcoin via a new initiative. “Bitcoin for Signal” Campaign, aimed at integrating Bitcoin with Cashu to enable payment within the application.
“@Signalapp should use Bitcoin,” Dorsey posted X retweeted a tweet from Cashu (a pseudonymous Bitcoin programmer), who was behind the Bitcoin for Signal Campaign.
Bitcoin for Signal will implement Cashu. “Chaumian Ecash” Signal is a payment solution which integrates Bitcoin with Cashu to allow Bitcoin transactions.
“Bitcoin belongs in Signal. Cashu ecash enables truly private Bitcoin payments inside the world’s most trusted encryption messenger,” The Bitcoin for Signal Website states.
Peter Todd, a Bitcoin developer, has also endorsed the campaign. He wants Bitcoin to replace or expand Signal’s existing crypto-payment solution, MobileCoin MOB.
“I’ve been wanting to try MobileCoin. But it’s such a failure I can’t even buy any. Signal App needs to accept reality and just add Bitcoin support,” Bitcoin developer Peter Todd said.
Signal launched MobileCoin on April 20, 2021. However, the system has received criticism for its over-centralization and small number of validators.
Pseudonymous Bitcoin developer Calle Satoshi Labs is co-founded by the founder Pavol Rusnak has also expressed his support for Bitcoin and Signal.
Signal currently has over 70,000,000 monthly active users. If implemented successfully, it could become a popular platform for peer to peer Bitcoin transactions.
Dorsey has previously argued that Bitcoin will be a failure if it’s only used as a store of value and not for everyday payments — like how Satoshi Nakamoto intended.
Critics argue that Bitcoin was not designed to provide privacy.
Some critics claim that Bitcoin does not have privacy built into the base layer. This may mean it is unsuitable to be paired with privacy-focused cryptocurrency. messenger app.
“Jack, why use a fully public blockchain for a privacy chat?” asked Aztec Network engineer José Pedro Sousa.
Techlore – a digital right advocacy page argued Bitcoin could compromise the privacy of Signal customers.
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Cashu is a Bitcoin privacy solution, but few of these applications have been successful at large scale.
The EU is almost done with private messaging.
While the European Union is considering controversial legislation, private message apps that are backed with Bitcoin have been gaining popularity. “Chat Control” The law would require all messaging applications, even encrypted ones such as Signal and WhatsApp to be transparent. hand over private messages to authorities for the purposes of spotting child abuse material — effectively breaking end-to-end encryption protections.
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Germany rejected the proposal and argued the scanning of messages in bulk is not constitutional.
A new vote is scheduled for the beginning of December.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
