Bitchat Turns into Jamaica’s Go-to App as Hurricane Melissa Cripples Communication

Hurricane Melissa is tearing by way of the Caribbean with winds reaching as much as 185 mph (roughly 297.7 kmph), pushing Jamaicans to show to BitChat, Jack Dorsey’s decentralised peer-to-peer messaging app, to remain linked whilst conventional communication networks fail. The platform swiftly rose to the second spot on Jamaica’s Google Play retailer charts and it’s in fourth place on Apple’s App Retailer. BitChat is designed to allow encrypted, internet-free messaging through Bluetooth mesh networks. Its hovering reputation highlights how decentralised know-how can supply a significant communication lifeline throughout pure disasters. Its hovering reputation demonstrates how decentralised instruments can present a essential communication lifeline when pure disasters knock out conventional infrastructure.