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- | Q-Chat is a blockchain-based messaging system. It utilizes a custom transaction type on the Qortal Network, along with a custom memory-based Proof Of Work algorithm (that runs relatively | + | Q-Chat is a blockchain-based messaging system |
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+ | The receiving node does not have to be online for the sender to successfully send the message - the receiving node can fetch any missed messages from other nodes. Each node stores a copy of all messages, up to a given expiry (currently 24 hours but soon due to increase to several months or even unlimited if the user chooses to). This way, even if you're not online when a message was sent to you, you can still get it later from another node that was online. Private messages are encrypted before being sent so other nodes can't read the messages even though they hold the data. | ||
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- | As of now, Q-Chat group messages are only base58 encoded, and are NOT end-to-end encrypted. ONLY PRIVATE MESSAGES HAVE END TO END ENCRYPTION RIGHT NOW. GROUPS WILL IN THE FUTURE. | + | As of now, Q-Chat |
Q-Chat is the 'first application' | Q-Chat is the 'first application' | ||
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+ | More info can be found on the [[Communications]] page. |