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Is this bit-chat or bitch-at?

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Thanks, in a bit, I'm browsing therapistfinder.com right now.

Yes :)

Sounds like a suitable addition to the ATProto ecosystem :)

It's explicitly in opposition to ATProto. That's probably why they went with Radicle and not Tangled

It's worth noting the distinction between the auth layer and the data layer here. Tangled uses ATProto primarily for authentication, but it departs from the standard PDS model by offloading Git storage to knots.

While that's a clever hybrid, Bitchat is aiming for a truly serverless, local-first experience (especially with the Bluetooth mesh aspect). Radicle’s gossip-based P2P stack mirrors that vision more closely. In this case, Radicle isn't "better" in a vacuum—it's just the right tool for a project that wants to eliminate mediating servers entirely.

What the hell are Radicle and Tangled

https://radicle.dev/ Peer-to-peer code forge.

https://tangled.org/ Code forge based on AT Protocol.

They're curtains for Zoosha. An alternative to Poob (which is now on Pheebo).

EDIT: sorry I felt too bad not to leave an explanation

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/curtains-for-zoosha

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/poob-has-it-for-you

Thanks for combobulating. I used to use Hackysack but I switched to Phlegm after the Unhappy Kittens controversy.

Radicle: decentralised GitHub

Tangled: centralised Radicle

It depends on whom you’re talking to

> It depends on whom you're bitching at

FTFY

Or a misspelling of bitch hat

BitchX was already taken

Yep.

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