The lead developer is Peter Surda. On Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 5:07 AM Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 09:29:52PM -0000, cypherp...@danwin1210.me wrote: > > Bitmessage - Anonymous, Encrypted, Secure Messaging, Chans, and > Broadcasts > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > There is a uncensorable messaging and discussion network, Bitmessage. It > > is a decentralized and trustless peer-to-peer protocol. It sports a slick > > graphical interface that works like a mail client. The UX is snappy and > > easy even for Grandma. Management of cryptography keys and signing is > > automatic under the hood and is never exposed to the end user. It is an > > order of magnitude easier to use than PGP or GnuPG. > > > > https://bitmessage.org > > https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage > > > > Bitmessage works like the old mixnets or remailers but much more > securely. > > It is highly resistant to eavesdropping and censorship. The lead > developer > > is from the old cypherpunk culture. > > > > Bitmessage has several useful features: > > > > * Connect via Tor > > * Anonymous chans > > * Anonymous broadcasts > > * Anonymous distributed mailing list repeaters > > * Private messaging addresses > > * Automatic management of all cryptography keys > > > > You can run bitmessage in a firejail on Linux for extra extra security. > > We've found only one security hole in over six years of development, and > > we're pretty confident that it is very secure "out of the box" at this > > time. > > > > If you want to help the network please configure a node to accept > incoming > > connections to increase the speed and security of the network against > > traffic analysis. The more peers that accept incoming connections the > more > > resilient the network becomes. > > > > Please share this resource with all the mailing lists to which you are > > subscribed, with your friends, and on bulletin boards. > > > > I hope to see you on the Bitmessage channel, [chan] cypherpunks. > > > > To subscribe to this chan in Bitmessage, click on the 'Chans' tab, then > > click the 'Add chan' button, then enter the passphrase 'cypherpunks' and > > click OK. > > > > The crypto community has been hijacked by shills who try to control the > > discussion and keep people in the dark about the sad state of privacy. > > There are a lot of pro-law-enforcement shills who are trying to move us > > into back-doored crypto. The "leaders" have hidden agendas. They keep > > rolling out broken cryptography full of security holes (how convenient), > > then tell the rest of us to never roll our own crypto (how inconvenient > > for them), that we should put all our eggs in their leaky basket. > > > > a old cypherpunk > > > On the face of the above marketing, checking all the right boxes - > that's a good start. > > Needs to be at the top of a few bucket lists to review the > architecture, compare, etc. > > Thank you for the heads up... > >