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China Couldn't Ban Bitchat. So It Made Apple Do It Instead


Beijing ordered Apple to remove Jack Dorsey's Bitchat from the China App Store. The Bitcoin-native messaging app runs over Bluetooth and mesh networks with no internet required — making it the one communication tool a government firewall cannot touch.

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