{"id":21457,"date":"2025-06-02T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/elon-musk-launches-xchat-with-bitcoin-architecture\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:00:31","slug":"elon-musk-launches-xchat-with-bitcoin-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/elon-musk-launches-xchat-with-bitcoin-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Launches &#8216;XChat&#8217; with Bitcoin Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elon Musk has unveiled a new messaging feature for X called \u201cXChat,\u201d aimed at providing secure, encrypted communication to users while expanding the platform\u2019s capabilities beyond social networking.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"XChat_Follows_Encrypted_Messaging_Deactivation\"\/><b>XChat Follows Encrypted Messaging Deactivation<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a post on X dated June 1, Musk announced that XChat includes end-to-end encrypted messages, disappearing messages, audio and video calls, and file sharing \u2014 all without requiring users to link their phone numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou can now send encrypted DMs, make video\/audio calls, send money, and share files on XChat, using Bitcoin-style encryption,\u201d Musk wrote. He further revealed that the new feature is built using the Rust programming language and is backed by a \u201cwhole new architecture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_154509\" style=\"width: 751px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154509\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image2.png\" alt=\"XChat Follows Encrypted Messaging Deactivation\" width=\"741\" height=\"358\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-154509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">X<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reference to \u201cBitcoin-style encryption\u201d has drawn attention from the crypto community. Some experts, including Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr, were quick to clarify that Bitcoin itself does not use traditional encryption for transactions. Instead, the term may refer to methods such as BIP-151, which proposes encrypted peer-to-peer communication between Bitcoin nodes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The launch of XChat follows a brief deactivation of X\u2019s previous encrypted messaging feature on May 29, which was temporarily taken down for improvements. Musk had promised that encrypted messaging would return in a more robust form, and XChat appears to be the result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">XChat is currently rolling out to paid subscribers on a limited basis. According to screenshots and reports from early users, encrypted messages are protected by a 4-digit passcode. The app does not rely on a phone number or centralized identifiers, aligning with Musk\u2019s ambition to improve privacy and decentralization.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Toward_the_Vision_of_a_Super_App\"\/>Toward the Vision of a Super App<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The launch is part of Musk\u2019s broader plan to transform X into an all-in-one super app, similar to China\u2019s WeChat. In addition to XChat, Musk has also announced the upcoming launch of a payments feature known as \u201cX Money,\u201d which is expected to enter beta testing later this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-154510\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image1-1.png\" alt=\"Toward the Vision of a Super App\" width=\"1198\" height=\"670\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-154510\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image1-1.png\" alt=\"Toward the Vision of a Super App\" width=\"1198\" height=\"670\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cExtreme care is needed during testing, especially when it involves people\u2019s money or savings,\u201d Musk noted in a separate post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With encrypted messaging, social media integration, and financial services all converging within a single ecosystem, X is positioning itself to challenge both messaging apps like Telegram and Signal, and fintech platforms such as Venmo and Cash App.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industry analysts see XChat as a significant move toward Musk\u2019s long-standing goal of turning X into a dominant force in global digital infrastructure. Whether users will embrace the new feature and trust Musk\u2019s commitment to privacy and encryption remains to be seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-admin\/post-new.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Tether Remains Focused on Global Markets, Plans Regulated Stablecoin for Institutions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/elon-musk-launches-xchat-with-bitcoin-architecture\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=elon-musk-launches-xchat-with-bitcoin-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has unveiled a new messaging feature for X called \u201cXChat,\u201d aimed at providing secure, encrypted communication to users while expanding the platform\u2019s capabilities beyond social networking. XChat Follows Encrypted Messaging Deactivation In a post on X dated June 1, Musk announced that XChat includes end-to-end encrypted messages, disappearing messages, audio and video calls, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[9],"tags":[21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Featured-Image-1280x720-PRPartnered-2-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}