Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s decentralized peer-to-peer messaging service Bitchat has seen a spike in downloads from the African island nation of Madagascar amid protests, following a similar uptick during unrest in Nepal and Indonesia earlier in September.
A data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/learn/articles/what-is-bitcoin-a-beginners-guide-to-the-worlds-first-cryptocurrency” title=”null”>Bitcoin open-source developer under the X handle callebtc, who is working on the messaging service, data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://x.com/callebtc/status/1972409256302579866″ rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank” title=”null”>said on Sunday, “Bitchat downloads spiking in Madagascar,” along with screenshots of the protest’s news coverage.
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