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- Keet mobile is a completely encrypted p2p chat dapp for lsunched mobile devices in alpha mode with IM.
- Head, bitfinex and holepunch announced passionate about the office in July.
- Keet mobile is independent of the device and powered by the lightning array.
Holepunch officially released keet mobile, a free and fully encrypted instant messaging (p2p) app.
The device-agnostic application is a collaboration of Hypercore-backed Holepunch, stablecoin firm Tether and crypto exchange and trading platform Bitfinex.
Keet Mobile will also support call and video chat
The P2P app’s alpha release comes a few months after the three companies announced Keet, a peer-to-peer app designed to integrate Tether (USDT), and support Lightning Network for micropayments.
Keet mobile, which brings the features of the app to mobile users, completely eliminates the need for a centralized entity.
According to a press release shared with CoinJournal on Monday, Keet Mobile is Holepunch’s first peer-to-peer application in a series of apps designed to “put control back into the hands of people.” Essentially, Keet users can send text, a call, or a video conversation without having to use a third-party server or operating system.
As stated above, the alpha version will initially be restricted to SMS. However, the developer team aims to add audio or video calls functionality within the next few months.
Tether cto paolo ardoino noted that the launch of keet mobile is a historic accomplishment that was "unthinkable" before the holepunch team turned it into a reality. Bringing the team's p2p communication technology to mobile devices disrupts the whole idea of traditional mobile communication.
“The idea that you must give up your private data to big tech companies to do something as simple as talk to another person on a mobile device is dead,” Ardoino, also the CSO of Holepunch, added in a statement.
Tether and co announced Keet in July 2022, with the team behind the P2P project noting that the app doesn’t rely on any blockchain. On the contrary, as indicated above, the integrated payment API will be populated by the Lightning network.
Keet mobile alpha is available in the apple app store and the google play store.
