Jack Dorsey’s new bet is a Bluetooth-based WhatsApp competitor that requires no internet<div class="feat-image">

</div><p>Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has announced
bitchat, a new experimental peer-to-per messaging app that doesn’t require the internet or even an account to work. Here’s the idea behind it.</p>
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Jack Dorsey’s new bet is a Bluetooth-based WhatsApp competitor that requires no internet