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Please feel free to re-organize and add to the table below.

Comparison of Messaging services
  Bitmessenge Standard Email Email + GPG OTR TorChat BitCoin-OTC Scayl I2P Bote CryptoCat IRC Text Messaging
Encryption (Type) Yes None GPG AES+SHA1 Yes 6 7 8 Yes Depends No
P2P Yes Yes Yes 4 Yes 6 Yes Yes No No No
Open Source Yes Depends Depends GPL V2.1 GPL 6 7 GPL V3 GPL Yes No
Trustless Yes No No No 5 6 7 8 No No No
Proof of Work Yes No No No No 6 7 8 No No No
Hide Sender? Yes No No No Yes 6 7 8 No No No
Hide Receiver? Yes No No No Yes 6 7 8 No No No
Mobile Version No Yes Yes 4 No 6 7 8 Yes Yes Yes
Application or Web Based Application Both Application Application Application 6 7 8 Both Both Application
Text Only Messages Yes No Yes Yes Yes 6 7 8 Yes Yes No
Attachments Small Yes No No Yes 6 7 8 No No Yes