Elon Musk’s XChat Claims Bitcoin Encryption — Experts Raise Doubts

Elon Musk, the CEO and owner of social media platform X, has revealed the rollout of a new messaging service named XChat, boasting features like end-to-end encryption, self-destructing messages, file sharing, and voice and video calling capabilities. In a post on X, Musk revealed that the new messaging feature, XChat, is built using the Rust programming language and employs encryption inspired by Bitcoin’s security model. Musk’s latest announcement quickly stirred debate among Bitcoin supporters and cryptography experts, many of whom questioned the meaning behind his vague technical claims. Samson Mow, CEO of game developer Pixelmatic and Bitcoin infrastructure firm JAN3, The post Elon Musk’s XChat Claims Bitcoin Encryption — Experts Raise Doubts first appeared on The Shib Daily source: https://news.shib.io/2025/06/03/elon-musks-xchat-claims-bitcoin-encryption-experts-raise-doubts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elon-musks-xchat-claims-bitcoin-encryption-experts-raise-doubts