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Re:Show HN: Decentralized P2P Messaging with Blockchain Veri... by jhunter1016 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:21AM (#16859132)
The types of apps we're seeing on the decentralized market are pretty damn impressive.

The thing I've been wondering is how this works without a Blockstack ID? What does someone do if they don't have an ID?

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Re:Show HN: Decentralized P2P Messaging with Blockchain Veri... by prabhaav on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:25AM (#16859180)
A Blockstack ID is required for chat to work in a decentralized manner and for people to look you up.

Good news is we can register you for a .stealthy.id when you create your account and thus you don't have to pay for a Blockstack ID.

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