NexusNode puts chat on BSV—no servers, ads or inboxes

Homepage > News > Tech > NexusNode puts chat on BSV—no servers, ads or inboxes TL;DR: Joel Dalais, longtime operator of the MetanetICU discussion group, has built NexusNode: a chat and messaging app where every post is encrypted and written to BSV blockchain instead of a company server. It lends itself to a suite of interconnected apps, including the Link wallet, a tokenized marketplace, and a crowdfunding and profit-sharing tool. Posts cost a small fraction of a cent in sats, which keeps out spam and scammers, and channel history can be recalled in full even years later. It is not trying to be an anonymous darkweb chat, but it offers a level of privacy and permanence that the commercial platforms do not. Key Takeaways MetanetICU evolved from a paid discussion group into the foundation for NexusNode NexusNode works with the Link wallet and two other independent apps, the Nexus Emporium marketplace and the Treasury crowdfunding tool, all non-custodial. Unlike anonymous or disappearing-message services, NexusNode leaves conversations permanently on-chain. Dalais says NexusNode offers better privacy than commercial platforms, but is not intended as anonymous or darkweb chat—m...