"On Monday, September 8, 2025, Nepalese youth began protesting on the streets of Kathmandu in response to the Nepali government's banning 26 major social media platforms on Thursday, September 4, 2025. At the height of the protests, the Nepalese protestors began downloading Bitchat, a new app created and developed by Twitter/X and Block founder Jack Dorsey and open-source developer Calle."
"The lesson here is that apps like Bitchat are not only important tools to use in the wake of the blackout of centralized communications services and during protests, but that they are instrumental in preserving rights that underpin free and open societies. In our modern digital world, we must preserve the freedom to not only communicate online but also to transact in the digital space."
Nepalese youth began protesting in Kathmandu on September 8, 2025, after the government banned 26 major social media platforms on September 4. Protesters downloaded Bitchat, an app developed by Jack Dorsey and open-source developer Calle, which uses Bluetooth mesh and the Nostr protocol and can operate without an internet connection. Data shared by Calle on X showed almost 49,000 downloads in Nepal on September 8. Bitchat enabled permissionless communication as protesters ousted the prime minister and burned the parliament building. Freedom tech tools like Bitchat, Bitcoin, Ecash, and Nostr preserve communication and digital transaction freedoms and can help prevent abuses of power, with plans to add Bitcoin-based Ecash transactions.
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