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Re:Jack Dorsey Releases BitChat: Encrypted Messaging via Blu... by 4gotunameagain on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:29AM (#44488389)
This is a problem solved multiple times in the past.

Look up "distributed peer to peer" e.g. kademlia

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Re:Jack Dorsey Releases BitChat: Encrypted Messaging via Blu... by immibis on Monday July 07, 2025 @03:56PM (#44494051)
Kademlia relies on an already existing all-to-all mesh (the internet). Nobody has created an actual mesh routing protocol which works very well.
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