Elon Musk revealed on Sunday that XChat, the social media platform’s new direct messaging (DM) function, will provide Bitcoin-style encryption. At the moment out there in beta on X (previously often known as Twitter), XChat is a brand new providing for paid subscribers. Other than encryption, the messaging instrument may even include vanishing messages, audio and video calling functionality, and help for file-sharing. The social media platform has not revealed when XChat can be broadly rolled out to eligible customers right now.
XChat is Primarily based on the Rust Programming Language
In a put up on X, Musk shared extra particulars concerning the platform’s under-development messaging instrument. XChat is constructed on the Rust programming language, which is designed for security and pace. It was initially developed by Mozilla Analysis and has gained vast reputation in current occasions. It’s utilized by platforms resembling Dropbox, Cloudflare, and Discord.
The billionaire entrepreneur additionally talked about that XChat will provide “Bitcoin-style encryption.” It’s form of a misnomer, provided that Bitcoin doesn’t have any encryption inherently. Nevertheless, the platform probably comes with the cryptographic strategies that underpin Bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies. Till XChat is launched, the appliance of this method can’t be clearly said.
Other than this, the put up additionally highlights that XChat will help vanishing messages. This function is already out there on WhatsApp and Instagram the place messages disappear after a sure interval when the mode is turned on. Moreover, the DM function may even help cross-platform audio and video calling. Nevertheless, Musk didn’t make clear the title of the platforms that can help this.
Notably, XChat will solely be out there to the X Premium subscribers. The paid subscription has three tiers, particularly Primary, Premium, and Premium+. It’s unclear which tiers will get entry to the DM function.
Final week, the official deal with of X Engineering posted that the platform was indefinitely pausing the encrypted DMs function to make “some enhancements.” It’s believed that the function was being stopped to push XChat. At the moment, the DM function is obtainable in beta to testers, and the corporate is but to start out rolling it out broadly.
