Foresight News reported that Twitter founder Jack Dorsey tweeted that he has launched a decentralized chat application called bitchat. "My weekend project is to learn about Bluetooth mesh networks, relaying and store-and-forward models, message encryption models, and some other things. bitchat: Bluetooth mesh chat... IRC vibes." The application supports ephemeral encrypted message transmission, completely offline chatting, and has capabilities for censorship-resistant communication and functioning in disconnected environments. Messages can be relayed through nodes, with a range of up to 300 meters.