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Aw Nymchat de kɔmpia

Nymchat bin mɛzhɔ agens tritɛn ɔda mɛsenja dɛn, pan di tin dɛn we rili difrɛn bitwin dɛn. Usay kɔmpitishɔn bɛtɛ, dis pej se so — wan kɔmpiashɔn we gɛt in ɔda pɔsin we win ɛvri row nɔto kɔmpiashɔn.

Dɛn translet dis pej wit mashin fɔ mek i izi fɔ am. Di Inglish ɔrijinal na di vɛshɔn we de aplay.

Na wan glans we yu luk am

Enkripshɔn na tebul stej na dis pej: klos to ɔltin we de ya de du am bay difɔlt, ɛn Nymchat go fa pas mɔs — nɔ fon nɔmba, nɔ akɔn, ɛn gift-rap mɛsej dɛn we di rilay dɛn we de kɛr dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ rid ɔ atribyut. Usay di fil de akchuali split na wetin kin apin we di infrastukchɔ go. Klosap evri enkript mesenja we pipul sabi gud gud wan de stop dead witout intanet, bikos in sekuriti model asum wan sava we i kin rich. Di hanful we de kɔntinyu fɔ wok we dɛn nɔ gɛt wan gɛt istri pe fɔ am bay we i rili spays pan ficha dɛn.

Plot di fil agens dem tu kweshon — hau moch of a mesenja yu get, en if na i de sev we di nɛtwɔk de go dɔŋ — i de lɛf wan kɔna nia fɔ ɛmti:

Dat na di wan ol pitch, ɛn di ɔda pat na dis pej na di pruf fɔ am. Nymchat nɔto so di mɔs prayvet mɛsenja we dɛn dɔn ɛva bil — SimpleX gɛt strɔng klem fɔ dat, Wait Nɔys gɛt bɛtɛ grup kriptografi, ɛn Signal gɛt ia fɔ ɔdit Nymchat nɔ gɛt. Di... klem narrower: na di wan pan dɛn wan ya we de klia da bar de ɛn stil de wok we di nɛtwɔk dɔn go.

Di aydentiti na di ɔda pat pan am. Nymchat in difɔlt na nym we dɛn min we yu opin di ap ɛn trowe am we yu dɔn, wit Gɔst Mɔd we yu de rɔta di ki dɛn ɛn di Bluetooth nem togɛda ɛn mɛsej dɛn we de dilit dɛnsɛf biɛn yu. Bɔku pan dis list de gi yu wan akɔn we de fala yu bitwin rum ɛn bitwin ia dɛn. Nymchat de mek yu se sɔntin na krawd we i nɔ de fala yu na os.

Di mɛsenja dɛn we de insay dis kɔmpiashɔn

Tɛtin kɔmpitishɔn, pik bikɔs ɛni wan rili gud pan sɔntin we Nymchat gɛt fɔ du ansa fɔ. Popularity nɔmɔ nɔ bin bi di krayteria — if i bin bi, dis list go bi tri ap dɛn lɔng ɛn dɛn nɔ yusful fa fawe.

Di ap we de na dis list we de nia Nymchat na Bitchat, ɛn i nɔ de nia bitwin di wan dɛn we dɔn tek di sɛkɔn ples. Di tu de sheb di Bluetooth mesh, dɛn de sheb di geohash chanɛl dɛn, ɛn dɛn na brij na di protɔkɔl lɛvɛl — wan Bitchat yuza ɛn wan Nymchat yuza na di sem geohash de na di sem rum, de rid dɛnsɛf in mɛsej, wit ɛni wan pan di ap dɛn we de du ɛnitin spɛshal. No oda tin ya get dat rileshonship wit Nymchat. Di Nostr mɛsenja dɛn — XChat, Vector, Armada, White Noise — sheb di nɛtwɔk ɛn di prayvet-mɛsej fɔmat, we de mek dɛn bi di kɔmpiashɔn we de nia fɔ ɛnkript DM ɛn zap, bɔt nɔ pan dɛn mesh ɛn nɔbɔdi nɔ gɛt ples-based rum.

Ficha bay ficha

Fayv tebul dɛn, we dɛn grup dɛn bay di kwɛstyɔn we ɛni wan pan dɛn ansa. Ɛvri kɔlɔm gɛt wɔd dɛn so dat Yɛs na di gud ansa — no row nɔ de usay grɛn sɛl na bad nyus. Di... tebul dɛn kin skrol saydwayz pan wan smɔl skrin, ɛn di ap nem kin de we dɛn de du dat.

Fɔ go insay

Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp ol de bind yu akaunt to fon nomba, we in most kɔntri dɛn min fɔ tay am to gɔvmɛnt ID. Signal don du mo dan enibodi fo limit di damej — yuz nem min se yu nɔ de ɛva gi di nɔmba to kɔntakt, ɛn i de ayd bay difɔlt — bɔt rɛjista stil nid fɔ gɛt wok nɔmba, ɛn da nɔmba de na di akɔn.

"Open to strangers" na di row we de separet pɔblik nɛtwɔk frɔm adrɛs buk. Briar, 1999. SimpleX ɛn Delta Chat ɔl nid fɔ mek yu chenj sɔntin fɔs — wan QR kɔd, a link, wan adrɛs — we fayn fɔ prayvet ɛn yuslɛs fɔ waka insay rum ɛn fɔ no wetin de apin. Nymchat in ephemeral nym na wan kipa we dɛn jenarayz di mɔnt yu opin di ap; si Di aydentiti dɛn we kin apin fɔ shɔt tɛm, ɛn Gɔst Mɔd fɔ di rotating vɛshɔn dat bak chenj wetin yu Bluetooth redio de advatayz.

Fɔ de wek

Dis na di tebul we Nymchat de fɔ, ɛn tri ɔda ap dɛn de ansa am. Briar de kɛr go mɛsej dɛn ova Bluetooth, Wi-Fi ɛn USB stik dɛn. Bitchat na Bluetooth mesh fɔs ɛn ɔl ɔda tin dɛn sɛkɔn. Armada ship Bitchat in Andrɔyd mɛsh stak insay in yon ap, pan Andrɔyd.

Nymchat de sheb in mesh fɔmat wit Bitchat bay wilful: di tu ap dɛn jɔyn di sem rum dɛn ɛn rilay fɔ dɛnsɛf, we de mek di ɔflayn nɛtwɔk big fɔ dɛn ɔl tu. I de rɔn pan Andrɔyd ɛn iOS as ful peer, ɛn insay Chromium brawza dɛn as lif we kin gɛt ɛn sɛn bɔt nɔ advatayz insɛf. Si Sharing wan mesh wit Bitchat ɛn Wetin de rɔn usay.

Di las kɔlɔm fayn fɔ rid gud gud wan. Signal na nonprofit wit gud rekod en no intenshɔn fɔ go ɛnisay, bɔt Saynal we nɔ gɛt Saynal in sava dɛn nɔto natin atɔl. Nostr rilay, Matrix homsava, SimpleX rilay ɛn ɔdinari mɛyl sava ɔl na sɔftwɛl ɛnibɔdi kin rɔn, so "di ɔganayzeshɔn shɔt dɔŋ" ɛn "di nɛtwɔk day" na difrɛn tin dɛn we kin apin. Delta we de na di wɔl Chat gɛt di strɔngest vɛshɔn fɔ dis argumɛnt na di list: i de rayd pan imel, we nɔto so we de go ɛnisay.

Wetin di nɛtwɔk kin si

Dis post-quantum kolum de tɔk bot wan spesifik tirit: wan ɛnemi de rɛkɔːd ɛnikrɪptɪd trafɪk tɔdey fɔ ɛ kɛn dɪkript am wan fɔ wan fɔ wan yia afta, wen wan kwantɔm kɔmpjuta kɛn brɛk di klasɪk kii agrimɛnt we ɛvri ap hɛa de rilaɪ on. Nɔtin ɛtin de prɔtɛkt wan mesɪʤ frɔm wan pɔsin we kɛn rɛd am nɔw, ɛn it dɔs nɔtin fɔ sɪgnatʃɔ — ɛnli fɔ kɔnfidɛnʃaliti. Tri ap ɔn dis lɪst don lɔnʧ wan difɛns, ɛn ɔl tri de ɔd wan post-kwantɔm kii ɛnkapsulɛʃɔ ɔn di klasɪk ɛksʧeinj so fɔ rɛd wan mesɪʤ de mɛn brɛk ɔltu. Dem nɔ bil am de sem wey. Signal — fɔst, wit PQXDH, and since dem join am wit wan post-quantum ratchet — and SimpleX, wit sntrup761 in in double ratchet, Join di tu secret we dem shak in wan single ki. Nymchat layas instead: de NIP-44 mesij de na de nem se i de, and dem seal am wan in dis na di in-side ChaCha20-Poly1305, wey de use ML-KEM-768 encapsulation fɔ mek di key — di NIST standard, FIPS 203. Fɔ join dem, yu nid di raw output fɔ di klasikal ekschenj, wey wan browser ekstensyen or rimot saynaw no go eba gi yu, so na di layering de mek di login dem go fɔm. Luk Post-kwantam ɛnkripshɔn. Dis na kɔlɔn we go ol kwik, ɛn wan "Nɔ" ya min "nɔ ship as we dɛn de rayt dis", nɔto "nɔ ɛva".

Fou sel dif mɔː dɛn wan sel, an di fɔst wan dɛn na Nymchat wan. Nymchat nɔ get forward secrecy, and di kolum se dat na so. NIP-44 de tek in ki froom di tu lang-tɛm aidɛntiti ki, and di ML-KEM ki we di post-quantum layə de put insay na long-livd too, so enriwan we go get yu nsec — plus yu nympq1… kodi fɔ di post-quantum laya — kin rid evri mesij we dem bin rekɔd we di kays bin protèkt, no jus di fres di wan. Di setin we dem nɛm Disappearing PM (fɔwad sikrit) . na Privacy & Security na NIP-40 expiration request wey de ask relays fɔ drop di mesij afta; na di disappearing-messages kolom dat, no dis wan. Telegram we dɛn kin yuz e no de enkript ɛn tu ɛn nes ɛl yu spesifikli stat wan Secret Chat, wey na wan-tu-wan ɔnli an e no de sink bɛtwin yu dɛvaysis — so na praktik, nior-nior ɛvri Telegram konvɛs ɛvri Telegram grup, sidɔm fɔ rid na Telegram in sava dɛn. Tɛm bay wilful drɔp fɔdɔm sikrit we i muf ɔf di Sayn protɔkɔl, we min se wan ki we dɛn tif fɔ lɔng tɛm de sho di wan ol istri pas sɔm we dɛn jɔs dɔn mɛsej dɛn; di prohjek don se wan fiuja protכkכl vεshכn go bכn am bak. Delta Chat we yu de tɔk bɔt inhɛrit OpenPGP in lɔk fɔ fɔdɔm sikrit, ɛn i dɔn tɔk Autocrypt v2 go fiks am.

Di metadata kolom split, fɔ Nymchat, bɛtwin di tu kain konvɛsešɔn. Evri gift wrap de sign am wit wan key we dem de tɔku, so dat wan relay no go ɛva no we sen Wan. Wetin difrin na di porson we de riliiv am. Wan wrap de keri wan in a p tag, in de klor, bi-kos dat tag na de we di pɔsin we de rɔs di mesij de fɛnd am at ɔl — bɔt in wan grup Dat tag de hole wan key we de change fɔ ɛbri memba instead ɔf di real key we di memba de use, so di group memba nɔ de sho as N pubkeys we de change at de sem tɛm, and di relay nɔ de lɛn ɛni saɪd. Si Aw grup ɛnkripshɔn de wok. In wan wan-tu-wan konvɛshon, nɔ de nɔting fɔ rɔte: di wrap de fɔ di pìr ɛl real kɛ, so di rilay de si we de rɔsiv ɛn ɛbout wen.

Every Nostr client wey de na dia wey de send NIP-17 gift wraps, dem de get de seym wan-tu-wan shape, na wetin mek Armada, Vector, and XChat de read "sender only" too — de rotation na de group column na Nymchat dem de du am, no na de protocol. White Noise de avoid am na oda wetin: in MLS messages de go to wan per-group key instead of to eech member. And na de gap wey SimpleX nɔ de get at all, inside any kine conversation, bikos e nɔ gi de network any identifier wey e go de use join tin wetin de apin.

Di las kɔlɔm na di wan we Nymchat lɔs, ɛn i lɔs grɔn dis ia. Briar dɔn bi ɔdit bay Cure53, SimpleX bay Trail of Bits, Wait Nɔys bay Least Ɔtoriti insay Epril 2026, ɛn Signal, Matrix ɛn Delta Chat we sɔm fam dɛn kin du bɔku tɛm. Nymchat nɔ dɔn ɔnda a tɔd-pati ɔdit. Wetin i de gi insted na dat di ɔl tin na opin sɔs ɛn di shipped build na riprodyuz, so yu kin chɛk di baynary agens di sɔs yusɛf — si Bil dɛn we dɛn kin riprodyuz. Dat nɔto a substitute for an audit, ɛn dis pej nɔ go mek lɛk se na so i bi.

Wetin yu go rili ebul fɔ du

Briar, Bitchat, Vector ɛn White Noise na di say we di "focused" haf pan di plot de kam frɔm, ɛn di layn we de put dɛn de na di kɔl kɔlɔm: nɔbɔdi pan di 4 nɔ go put a vɔys ɔ vidio kɔl. I nɔto fɔ shɔt ficha dɛn ɔdasay. Bitchat naw de kari enkript foto ɛn vɔys not dɛn oba di mɛsh sɛf — wan prɔblɛm we at pas am sawnd dɛn na wan slo, shered, bateri-pawa redio, ɛn wan gap agens Nymchat we gɛt we dɛn dɔn lɔk.

Layv tɔk na wetin lɛf. Wan kɔl nid fɔ gɛt dupleks pat wit lɔw latɛns, we a multi-hop Bluetooth mesh nɔ kin gi yu, so Nymchat kin kɛr kɔl oba di nɛtwɔk ɛn fɔdɔm bak to tɛks ɛn di mɛsh we nɔ de. Dat na di difrɛns bitwin wan ap dat kin kip wok na blak ɔt ɛn wan we yu go yuz bak pan Tɛstamɛnt.

Di ɛstɛt kɔlɔm nid fɔ gɛt caveat we de pɔynt fa frɔm Nymchat. Meta AI na rial ɛlda bil insay WhatsApp, ɛn Vector in rɔn dɛn na yu yon divays — Wispa de du transkripshɔn ɛn transleshɔn lokal, we na rili bɛtɛ prayvet stori pas Na Nymbot in yon. Wetin Nymbot gi yu insted na asisten we yu kin yuz fo pablik chenal we yu nɔ no udat yu bi, insay prayvet chat we dɛn rap wit gift lɛk ɛni ɔda wan tɔk to pɔsin. Si Di prayvet chat — ɛn notis dat di bot ɔpreshɔn kin stil rid wetin yu sɛn am, we na tru fɔ ɛvri sava-sayd ɛstɛt we de na dis list.

Usay i de rɔn, ɛn udat de rɔn am

Nymchat in iOS bild de pan TestFlight pas di App Store, we na ɔnɛs "partly" — i de instɔl pan ɛni Ayfon, bɔt tru Apple in beta chanɛl. Briar ɛn Vector nɔ gɛt iOS bil atɔl, ɛn Briar se wetin mek klia wan: iOS nɔ go mek bakgrɔn prɔses kip piɔ-to-piɔ kɔnɛkshɔn layf di we aw in akitɛkɛt nid. Nymchat de rɔn insay wan milda vɛshɔn fɔ di sem wɔl, na dat mek iOS notis dɛn kin kam let we di ap na fɔ stɔp am. Si Wetin de rɔn usay.

Di kɔlɔm we fit fɔ stɔp pan na di wan we de tɔk bɔt fɔ ɔs yu yon kɔpi, bikɔs i de tɔk bɔt aw mɛsenja kin rili day na wan kɔntri. Nɔto kriptanalysis — fɔ pul di list. Apple and Google na wan choke point, govanment sabi am, and na app we dem tek komot fo dem tu stoa dɛn dɔn go fɔ ɔlmost ɔlman we bin de yuz am.

Nymchat in wɛb ap na klin HTML, CSS ɛn JavaSkript mɔdyul dɛn wit nɔ bil stɛp. Serv am frɔm ɛni statik ɔs, wan USB stik ɔ lokalhɔst ɛn na di ɔl ap — di sem protɔkɔl, di sem rilay, di sem nɛtwɔk as di fon de bil, yu kin instɔl am na wan hom skrin frɔm di brawza. Natin nɔ de fɔ apruv ɛn nɔ gɛt natin fɔ tek dɔŋ. Dɛn kin blok wan domɛyn; wan fayl we bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn de already have nɔ kin ebul fɔ bi unpublished.

Tu ɔda pipul dɛn kin du dis, ɛn dɛn ɔl tu fit fɔ gɛt di prez. Element Web bin de ɔltɛm self-hostable, ɛn Armada go fa pas ɛnibɔdi ya — i de dɔkyumɛnt aw fɔ rɔn di wɛb ap, di kɔmyuniti rilay ɛn di vɔys sava yusɛf. Di ɔda ilevin dɛn we lɛf nɔ go ebul fɔ: Signal, Sɛshɔn, SimpleX, Briar, Delta Chat, Vɛktɔ, Wayt Nɔys, Bitchat ɛn XChat na nativ aplikeshɔn dɛn we nɔ gɛt brawza bil, Telegram in wɛb klaynt de tɔk to Telegram nɔmɔ, ɛn WhatsApp Wɛb nid fon fɔ pe agens.

Wetin na Nymchat nɔmɔ de du

Wan tin we nɔ ɔda tin ya de du, ɛn 4 tin we wan anful ɔda ap dɛn de sheb.

• Wan mɛsh na ɛvri pletfɔm we i de ship pan. Briar ɛn Bitchat ɔl tu de rilay witout infrastrakcha, en Bitchat naw de kari foto ova am tu — bot nor go mek wan kɔl. Nymchat na di onli ap ya usay di ɔflayn mod na fɔlbak insay wan kɔmplit mɛsenja pas di wan ol prɔdak, ɛn i de mɛsh lɛk ful kɔmpin na Andrɔyd ɛn iOS ɛn as lif na Chromium brawza dɛn. Blak ɔt nɔ de chɛk uswan fon we yu bay.
• Pɔblik rum dɛn we dɛn adrɛs bay ples. Wan geohash chanɛl de tɔn ɛni skwea on Di wɔl insay wan chat rum we nɔ nid ɔna, nɔ mɔdata ɛn nɔ inviteshɔn — ɔlman we in divays rizɔlt to da skwea de dɔn ɔlrɛdi de insay. Bitchat gɛt dis bak, ɛn di tu ap dɛn de sheb di rum dɛn. Nɔbɔdi nɔ gɛt ɛnitin lɛk am. Si Geohash chanɛl dɛn.
• Mɔni we de muv insay di tɔk. Laytnin de zap pan wan mɛsej ɔ wan prɔfayl, sɛtul piɔ to kɔmpin insay sɛkɔn fɔ wan smɔl pat pan wan sɛnt. Dis nɔto a Nymchat eksklusiv pan Nostr — XChat gɛt zaps ɛn Vector ship wan walet — bɔt i de evriwea na dis list, en Nymchat na di onli ap we geht am nia a mesh we dɛn mek. Si Sending wan zap.
• Post-kwantam enkripshɔn na Nostr. Nymchat privat mesijiz ɛn grup chat de lok di NIP-44 ciphertext inside am sekan ML-KEM-768 laye, so di tráfik we dem de rekɔːd tedei, no go bin de posibl fɔ wan fiyu kwantɔm kɔmpiutā fɔ rid am. Dis no be Nymchat invenshɔn — Signal ɛn SimpleX bin du am fɔst, ɛn dem de tok am lɔd — bɔt fɔ Nostr, na Nymchat ɛn wan. XChat, Vector, Armada, White Noise ɛn ɔda Nostr klie-ent de enkripi wetin secp256k1 ɛn nɔtnin ɛls. Yu nɔ nid fɔ set am ɛn yu nɔ nid fɔ ɛks-chɛnj kī we yu de si: tu Nymchat yuzā de get am awtomatikali, ɛn wan mesij we yu de sen fɔ wan Bitchat o wan plain-Nostr yuzā de go bak fɔ standard NIP-17 so di mesij go stil ritch dɛm. Luk Post-kwantam ɛnkripshɔn.
• Grup chat we de ayd dɛn yon mɛmbaship. Standart gift we dɛn kin rap lik wan mɛmbaship list — N wraps to N pubkeys na di sem instant na soshal grafik pan ɔl we natin nɔ de dikript. Nymchat de rɔta di risipiɛnt ki dɛn so dat patɛn de du nɔto fɔm. Wait Nɔys ɛn XChat kin rich di sem prɔpati tru MLS insted; di tri wan dɛn na wi wan de pan dis list we gɛt am atɔl. Si Aw grup ɛnkripshɔn de wok.

Usay di ɔda wan dɛn strɔng pas dɛn

Ɛni wan pan dɛn na rial rizin fɔ pik ɔda tin, ɛn nɔbɔdi nɔ go bi so agyu away ya.

Uswan yu fɔ yuz

Fɔ tɔk tru: pas wan. Dis na fri, ɛn dɛn nɔ de kɔst natin fɔ kip instɔl agens di de yu nid dɛn.

• Yu nid di kriptografi we dɛn dɔn rivyu we strɔng pas ɔl. Signal, ɛn put Nymchat nia am fɔ we di nɛtwɔk go fa.
• Yu nid di nɛtwɔk nɔ fɔ no se yu de. SimpulX.
• Yu de na protest, fɛstival, stediɔm, ɔ sɔmsay we intanɛt dɔn de kɔt. Nymchat ɔ Bitchat, ɔ Armada if ɔlman de na Andrɔyd — ɛn i impɔtant smɔl pas aw yu go tink uswan, bikɔs dɛn de rɔn di sem mɛsh.
• Yu want wan ap fɔ ɛvride tɔk we de sev bak a blak ɔt. Nymchat we de na di wɔl. Na dat na di wan ol rizin we mek i de.
• Yu wan di bes grup enkripshon pan Nostr. Wait Nɔys, we naw gɛt di ɔdit fɔ bak am, ɔ XChat if yu go lɛk fɔ gɛt zap ɛn kɔl insay di di sem ap.
• Yu nid fɔ rul di infrastukchɔ yusɛf, ɔnda yu yon polisi. Elemɛnt wit yu yon homsava, Armada wit yu yon rilay ɛn vɔys sava, ɔ Delta Chat wit yu yon mail sava.
• Yu de op se dɛn go ban di ap usay yu de. Nymchat we de na di wɔl. Di wɛb ap na fɔlda fɔ fayl dɛn we nɔ gɛt bil stɛp, so i de rɔn frɔm statik ɔs, USB stik ɔ localhost, ɛn no stoa list nɔ de fɔ pul.

If yu si se wi ɔnɛs kɔmpiashɔn ɛp yu ɛn Nymchat na di wan we yu want fɔ tray, Fɔ bigin tek lɛk wan minit so ɛn nɔ de aks yu fɔ ɛnitin.