What Is BChat? The Decentralized Messaging App Built for Privacy
BChat is a privacy-focused messaging app built on the Beldex ecosystem and launched publicly in 2022. It aims to go beyond end-to-end encryption by minimizing metadata exposure, avoiding phone-number registration, and using a cryptographic identity system instead of email or number-based accounts. Users register with a seed phrase, BChat ID, and Beldex wallet address, and can optionally use a human-readable .bdx name through Beldex Name Service. Messages are encrypted with the TextSecure protocol and routed through Beldex network nodes multiple times to reduce traceability. The app supports familiar features like group chats, disappearing messages, media sharing, voice notes, reactions, and text formatting. The broader Beldex stack includes BelNet, Beldex Browser, and privacy tools tied to cross-chain anonymity. BChat is positioned as an alternative to mainstream apps where metadata can still be exposed, even when message content is encrypted.
