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= Bitmessage =
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Introduction
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Bitmessage is a decentralized, encrypted, peer-to-peer, trustless
communications protocol that can be used by one person to send
encrypted messages to another person, or to multiple subscribers.
In June 2013, the software experienced a surge of new adoptions after
news reports of email surveillance by the US National Security Agency.
Bitmessage was conceived by software developer Jonathan Warren, who
based its design on the decentralized digital currency, Bitcoin. The
software was released in November 2012 under the MIT license.
Bitmessage gained a reputation for being out of reach of warrantless
wiretapping conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA), due to
the decentralized nature of the protocol, and its encryption being
difficult to crack. As a result, downloads of the Bitmessage program
increased fivefold during June 2013, after news broke of classified
email surveillance activities conducted by the NSA.
Bitmessage has also been mentioned as an experimental alternative to
email by 'Popular Science' and CNET.
Some ransomware programs instruct affected users to use Bitmessage to
communicate with the attackers.
Further reading
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