Tools Route Around Shutdowns
As states impose internet and network shutdowns, decentralized mesh and censorship-resistant communication tools spread, extending the same seize-nothing architecture that underlies self-custodial crypto.
forming · confidence 40 · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since July 31, 2026 · updated July 31, 2026
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The open-source Bitchat mesh app keeps running peer-to-peer in India after a cybercrime notice, having been used by protesters during network restrictions because it works without internet or central servers. A censorship-resistant tool surviving direct state targeting is exactly the seize-nothing, route-around-shutdown dynamic the thesis tracks.
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Supporting · July 31, 2026
Bitchat Mesh App Keeps Running in India After a Cybercrime Notice, Spreading Peer to Peer
The open-source Bitchat mesh app keeps running peer-to-peer in India after a cybercrime notice, having been used by protesters during network restrictions because it works without internet or central servers. A censorship-resistant tool surviving direct state targeting is exactly the seize-nothing, route-around-shutdown dynamic the thesis tracks.
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