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| − | Bitmessage is a secure communications [[Protocol specification|protocol]] | + | Bitmessage is a secure P2P communications [[Protocol specification|protocol]] used to send messages to another person or to many people. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities, like root certificate authorities. It also aims to hide "call detail" information, like the sender and receiver of messages, from eavesdroppers. |
=== Download === | === Download === | ||
An open source client, PyBitmessage, is available for free under the very liberal [http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT license]. | An open source client, PyBitmessage, is available for free under the very liberal [http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT license]. | ||
| − | [[File:32px-Download.png]] Download for Windows | + | [[File:32px-Download.png|link=http://bitmessage.org/download]] Download for Windows |
| − | + | === View source code === | |
| + | You may view the Python [https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage source code on Github] and run it directly. PyBitmessage requires PyQt. Step-by-step instructions on how to run the source code on Windows is [[Compiling instructions|available here]]. | ||
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| + | Patches are welcome as are security audits. | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 20 November 2012
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Bitmessage
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Bitmessage is a secure P2P communications protocol used to send messages to another person or to many people. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities, like root certificate authorities. It also aims to hide "call detail" information, like the sender and receiver of messages, from eavesdroppers.
Download
An open source client, PyBitmessage, is available for free under the very liberal MIT license.
Download for Windows
View source code
You may view the Python source code on Github and run it directly. PyBitmessage requires PyQt. Step-by-step instructions on how to run the source code on Windows is available here.
Patches are welcome as are security audits.
