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Where can I find the white paper for bitMessage? Here
Where can I find the technical paper for bitMessage? Here
Bitmessage | Standard Email | Email + GPG | OTR | TorChat | Skype | Scayl | I2P Bote | CryptoCat | IRC | SMS | |
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Trustless | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | |||
P2P | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Open Source | MIT | Depends | Depends | GPL V2.1 | GPL | No | No | GPL V3 | GPL | Yes | No |
Requires Proof of Work | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Hide Sender? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Hide Receiver? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mobile Version | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Alpha | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Application or Web Based | Application | Both | Application | Application | Application | Application | Application | Application | Both | Both | Application |
Text Only Messages | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Attachments | Small only | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Very Large | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Acknowledge delivery | Yes | No | No | No |