Elon Musk Sunday announcement That a new version of the Direct Messaging Function (DM) of X, XChat, deploys with the support of functionalities such as leakage messages, encryption and the possibility of sharing files, in parallel with its audio support and video calls.
The new features are not yet widely available, because xchat It was only recently started Beta tests from a selected group of users. However, Musk said that team X plans to bring Xhat to all users this week, unless they encounter scaling problems during deployment.
In a series of x messages, Musk too note That the XChat update version was built on rust with an encryption “bitcoin style” and a “brand new architecture”. It is not clear what it means by Bitcoin style encryption, since bitcoin himself cannot be described as “encrypted”. (Bitcoin uses cryptography and public key signatures for its safety.)
Therefore, a few are debate if Musk uses terminology simply as marketing speaks, if he overlooked encryption, or if he has used the bad word – perhaps the meaning to say “cryptography” instead.
The owner x a often speak to want to make DMS of X a challenger to encrypt platforms as signal and iMessage. However, calling XChat a service with only a “bitcoin style encryption” questioned if it is really a potential competitor.
In addition, Musk common On X, XChat users can now make audio and video calls without telephone number on all platforms.
Before this launch, X said it was break Working on encrypted DMs, probably because Xhat would soon replace the old system.
Unfortunately for X users, the service faced some significant instability During last week, because the multiple breakdowns left users unable to browse deadlines and Use other featuresIncluding XChat.
