Jack Dorsey Backs Push to Bring Bitcoin Payments to Signal

The initiative seeks to enable private, censorship-resistant transactions using Bitcoin’s Chaumian Ecash ￰0￱ advocates see it as a step toward making Bitcoin usable for everyday payments, critics argue that Bitcoin’s public ledger could compromise Signal’s privacy ￰1￱ initiative is being pushed forward as Europe also grapples with privacy concerns tied to the proposed “Chat Control” law targeting encrypted messaging ￰2￱ for Signal Gains Momentum Several well known Bitcoin advocates, including Jack Dorsey, are backing a new initiative called “Bitcoin for Signal.” The goal of the initiative is to integrate Bitcoin payments into the privacy-focused messaging app Signal through the Cashu ￰3￱ campaign was launched by pseudonymous Bitcoin developer Cashu , who wants to bring Bitcoin’s Chaumian Ecash technology to Signal, which will enable private and censorship-resistant payments in the ￰4￱ is a long-time supporter of Bitcoin adoption, and endorsed the initiative on X by reposting Cashu’s campaign message, stating that Signal should adopt ￰5￱ idea also got some traction from well-known Bitcoin developers like Peter Todd, Calle, and Satoshi Labs co-founder Pavol ￰6￱ criticized Signal’s existing cryptocurrency payment feature, MobileCoin (MOB), by calling it a “failure” due to its centralization and limited ￰7￱ integrated MobileCoin in 2021, but it has faced ongoing backlash from the Bitcoin community for relying on a small validator set and for lacking ￰8￱ of Bitcoin for Signal argue that adding Bitcoin payments will align with the app’s privacy and independence ethos, and could potentially enable its 70 million monthly users to send peer-to-peer Bitcoin payments ￰9￱ repeatedly said that Bitcoin must evolve beyond being just a store of value and should be used for everyday transactions, and this campaign wants to advance this vision.

() However, critics raised concerns that Bitcoin’s public ledger could undermine Signal’s privacy-focused ￰10￱ Network engineer José Pedro Sousa questioned why a privacy app would use a transparent blockchain. Others, including digital rights group Techlore, warned that Bitcoin could compromise user ￰11￱ privacy advocates suggested alternatives like Monero and Zcash, which feature built-in privacy ￰12￱ the Cashu protocol offers a privacy-preserving layer for Bitcoin, similar systems struggled to achieve mainstream ￰13￱ campaign comes during a time of growing tension over digital privacy in ￰14￱ European Union recently postponed a vote on the controversial “Chat Control” law, which would have forced encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp to scan private communications for child abuse ￰15￱ opposed the proposal by arguing it violated constitutional privacy ￰16￱ vote is now expected to take place in early December.