What's New in bitchat 1.8.0: - Busy location channels are fast again. The people list opens instantly even with hundreds of people nearby, and the chat no longer jumps back while you scroll through a fast conversation. - Your drafts are kept when you switch between mesh, location channels and private chats. - Join a nearby location channel with one tap, and share channel invites from the share sheet. - Give someone a local alias on their fingerprint screen. Verified contacts now show a seal in private chats. - A recent chats section keeps every private conversation within reach. - A banner tells you when Bluetooth is off or Tor is stalled. - Panic wipe now asks for confirmation and tells you when it's done. - On Mac, scan verification QR codes with the camera. @-mention suggestions now work from the keyboard. - Messages from someone who shares your name are no longer treated as your own. - Security hardening and fixes throughout, and the app is now fully localized in all 30 supported languages.

bitchat 1.7.1 is a security and reliability release. - private photos and voice notes are now encrypted before they travel over bluetooth - stronger identity verification during encrypted handshakes stops impersonation - identity keys are now bound to this device and never sync or transfer — a seized backup or cloned storage no longer yields your keys. your identity stays with the device: switching phones or reinstalling starts fresh - panic wipe is faster, more thorough, and behaves the same every time - a locked phone gives away less - direct messages reliably survive reconnects, bluetooth toggles, and app restarts - persian localization (فارسی) and an in-app language picker - verified badge next to names you've verified; blocked people no longer appear in @-mention suggestions

bitchat now act like a walkie-talkie! • push-to-talk voice — hold the mic to talk live, in private chats and in the public mesh channel. voice streams while you speak; if the other side misses it, it lands as a voice note. • mesh bridging — separate mesh pockets in the same area now find each other. when anyone nearby has internet, flipping the single "mesh bridge" switch lets their phone carry chat between islands — plus sealed private messages for people who are offline right now. every bridged message is signed by its sender, so nothing leaves the radio without consent, and a per-message toggle keeps anything you want nearby-only. • a livelier quiet mesh — see hints of recent conversations nearby, wave to say hi, leave a note for whoever passes by later with /drop, and watch the radar sweep for activity around you. • messages that never give up — writing to someone who just walked out of range? the message now waits, rides along with people passing by, or slips across the bridge — and shows a little parcel while it travels — instead of failing. • settings, tidied — info and settings now live together: appearance, voice, connectivity, and location access in one panel. • faster location channels — nearby notes and channels load quicker, with honest connecting states instead of endless spinners. also fixed: received photos stuck as a grey box, the mic dying on press-and-hold in private chats, ghost duplicates when a nearby device renews its identity, and clearer offline icons in chat headers.

bitchat 1.6.0 is our biggest update yet: smarter background presence, group chat, and messages that find their way. always ready to mesh • bitchat now reconnects to nearby bitchatters automatically, even locked in your pocket. walk back into range and the mesh heals itself, with zero extra battery drain. • everything keeps working while your phone is locked. private groups • create invite-only, end-to-end encrypted group chats that run entirely over the mesh. messages that find their way • couriers: any bitchatter can carry sealed messages toward offline friends, without being able to read them. • message someone before they're even online: forward-secret first contact means it's waiting when they arrive. • public chat now backfills the last 6 hours, so late arrivals catch up automatically. location channels • bulletin board: pin signed notices to a place, meetups, alerts, lost & found, all in one notices sheet. • gateway mode (opt-in): bridge your local mesh to the internet so distant bitchatters can join your location channel. • proof-of-work spam resistance for busy areas. and more • send and redeem cashu ecash right in chat with /pay. • mesh diagnostics: /ping, /trace, and a live topology map. • vouching: friends you've verified can vouch for people they trust. • now fully localized in 29 languages. • dozens of reliability fixes: fewer duplicate messages, smarter syncing, paced relay traffic, and dependable delivery receipts.

- bug and performance fixes - mutual friend store and forward

- liquid glass theme - performance and bug fixes - crash fix

- many performance and bug fixes - liquid glass theme

- bug fixes

- photos and voice notes in bluetooth mesh chat! - new bluetooth mesh routing to save battery and extend range - more stable tor framework for IP privacy - security fixes from 3rd party audit - many stability fixes

- more languages - geonotes fixes - many bug fixes

- localization!: spanish, italian, french, german, brazilian portugese, russian, ukranian, japanese, chinese, nepali, indonesian, arabic, and hebrew.

- added dynamic type support for increased font sizes - don't contact nostr relays if not needed (mesh only) - added option to turn tor on or off - bluetooth relay fixes - iOS 26 visual fixes

geonotes! leave a persistent note in places around you. tag the physical world. - added bluetooth mesh syncing so you don't miss chats when temporarily out of mesh range - made tor restart smarter and more forgiving - various UI fixes

geotags! leave a note at a specific place for others to find. tag the physical world. and many bug and crash fixes. including some visual improvements.

- all internet connections now go through tor for increased location privacy - a few bug fixes to get it just right

- all bluetooth mesh public chats cryptographically signed to prevent spoofing - geohash bookmarks to save your favorite location chats - much more robust bluetooth mesh and relaying - screenshot geohash privacy warning - crash and bug fixes

- geo-based relays to reduce spam and increase speed - QR codes to verify people found on mesh - lots of robustness and performance fixes

- chat with people in nearby regions using decentralized relays when you have internet - better compatibility with android client - more robust and solid across app

- chat with people in nearby regions using decentralized relays when you have internet - better compatibility with android client - more robust and solid across app

the purple release: people who favorite each other can now private message outside of the bluetooth mesh, globally if internet is available. carry on the private conversation anywhere! this uses nostr relays as a backend, enabling a completely decentralized approach to private encrypted messaging. automatically switches to bluetooth transport if nearby. also made many network, battery, and UI optimizations.

- better compatibility with android version