Bitchat: Jack Dorsey’s Offline Messaging App Takes Off in France
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Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging, rose to the top on October 22, 2026, in the “Social Networks” category of the French App Store. This rush follows an Orange outage as well as talk of a social media suspension ahead of the October 24 mobilization. Bitchat Mesh held the first place in “Social Networks” and the general top 10 on October 22, according to France 24 . According to Journal Coin, it was second among free apps, behind Claude, on October 23 around 7 A.M. On Android, Google Play shows over a million downloads, all countries combined.
Source: Cointribune
