Also, even though the sender is informed if the message is read or not, they don’t know which person read it from the network ( What network? Explained later). In the very simple terms, you can send messages and other communication via BitMessage which can’t be intercepted, hacked or viewed by anyone else except the intended party.Īfter being sent, not even the sender of the message can decrypt it, as it uses different keys for encryption and decryption. It’s an open-source Peer to Peer messaging protocol which first appeared in 2012, it’s also called the “Bitcoin of communication” because its name, addresses, keys along with decentralized and trustless structure essentially make it alike Bitcoin in quite a few ways. What is BitMessage and How it Works?Įven though you may know, have heard or read about BitMessage, chances are you found a complex and technical whitepaper which didn’t make a lot of sense to you.Ĭause not everyone who needs to send an encrypted E-mail or message is a tech-geek so let me explain to you in laymen’s terms how exactly BitMessage works.
BITMESSAGE WHITE PAPER HOW TO
Throughout this piece, I’ll cover almost everything you need to know about the program, what it is, what it does, how it’s better than PGP and than finally How to use BitMessage step by step.
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BitMessage is one of its kind communication protocol which makes communicating with another person or many a lot more encrypted, secure and simpler than using complex programs like PGP or unsecure ones like E-mail.