FAQ
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Contents
The basics
Where can I find the white paper for BitMessage?
The pdf can be found Here
Where can I find the technical paper for BitMessage?
The pdf can be found Here
Installation and configuration
How do I install BitMessage?
A great write up for setting up and using BitMessage can be found Here. Currently BitMessage is Windows only. Other platform support is still under development.
How do I setup BitMessage to work with Tor?
To get bitMessage to use Tor as a proxy follow these steps. If you are using Tor Browser Bundle please skip to the next section.
- Navigate to Settings > Network Settings and select SOCKS5 from the Type: drop down under the Proxy server / Tor section.
- Next to 'Server hostname:' enter 'localhost' and next to 'Port:' enter '9050'.
- Select ok.
- Restart BitMessage.
If you are using Tor Browser Bundle, follow the steps above but use port '9150' instead.
Usage
How many connections should I have?
As long as you have at least one connection, you can communicate with the network. If your connection indicator is yellow, you can have a maximum of 8 connections.
How does BitMessage compare?
Here is a table comparing BitMessage to other common messaging services.
Trustless | P2P | Open Source | Requires Proof of Work | Hide Sender? | Hide Receiver? | Mobile Version | Application or Web Based | Text Only Messages | Attachments | Acknowledge delivery | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bitmessage | Yes | Yes | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Application | Small only | Yes | |
Standard Email | No | Depends | No | No | No | Yes | Both | No | Yes | No | |
Email + GPG | Yes | No | Depends | No | No | No | Yes | Application | Yes | No | No |
OTR | Yes | No | GPL V2.1 | No | No | No | Yes | Application | Yes | No | |
TorChat | Yes | Yes | GPL | No | Yes | Yes | No | Application | Yes | Yes | |
Skype | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Application | No | Yes | |
Scayl | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Alpha | Application | No | Very Large | |
I2P Bote | Yes | Yes | GPL V3 | No | Yes | No | No | Application | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CryptoCat | No | No | GPL | No | No | No | Yes | Both | Yes | No | |
IRC | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Both | Yes | No | ||
SMS | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Application | No | Yes | No | |
RetroShare | |||||||||||
Freenet + Frost | Yes | Yes | GPL | No | Yes | Yes | No | Application | Yes | Yes | |
Freenet + FMS | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Application | Yes | No | ||
Freenet + Freemail 0.2 | No | Yes | GPL | No | No | No | No | Application | No | Yes | No |
Freenet + FLIP | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Application | Yes | No |