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Re:BitMessage - Bitcoin Inspired Peer to Peer Encrypted Mess... by hucker on Saturday May 25, 2013 @04:36AM (#5766723)
I don't really see what BitMessage provides over TorChat for example, other than being able to deliver messgages when the sender is offline. It's a much easier protocol, and much less that can go wrong.
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Re:BitMessage - Bitcoin Inspired Peer to Peer Encrypted Mess... by sprash on Saturday May 25, 2013 @06:57AM (#5766909)
> other than being able to deliver messgages when the sender is offline.

This is exactly the point. Most people can not afford to run a mailserver 24/7. With Bitmessage you only have to be online very shortly every other day.

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Re:BitMessage - Bitcoin Inspired Peer to Peer Encrypted Mess... by illbert on Saturday May 25, 2013 @07:52AM (#5766977)
This is actually a very interesting part of it to me!
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