- Elon Musk has announced a new private messaging feature for X called XChat, which includes vanishing messages and "bitcoin style" encryption, as part of his plan to transform X into an “everything app”.
- XChat, currently available to beta testers, offers an alternative to X’s legacy DM feature and is designed to resemble traditional messaging apps like WhatsApp or Telegram.
- The new feature includes options for encrypted messaging, vanishing messages (with options for five minutes, one hour, and eight hours), the ability to send any kind of file, and audio and video calling.
- Mr Musk said XChat was built on the Rust programming language and a “whole new architecture”, enabling audio and video calls across all platforms without a phone number.
- Some figures within the crypto industry have expressed skepticism about Mr Musk's claim of "bitcoin style" encryption, with one expert noting that bitcoin primarily uses signatures, not encryption.
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Elon Musk unveils XChat private messaging tool with ‘bitcoin-style’ encryption
