Bitcoiners push to bring BTC payments to Signal as privacy meets crypto

Jack Dorsey and Peter Todd are among the Bitcoiners voicing support for privacy messaging app Signal to adopt Bitcoin amid a “Bitcoin for Signal” campaign.

Several Bitcoiners, including Jack Dorsey, have reinforced their push for the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to adopt Bitcoin through a new “Bitcoin for Signal” campaign, which aims to integrate Bitcoin with the Cashu protocol to enable payments within the app.

“@Signalapp should use Bitcoin,” Dorsey posted to X on Thursday, retweeting a post from pseudonymous Bitcoin developer Cashu, who is behind the Bitcoin for Signal campaign.

Bitcoin for Signal aims to implement Cashu’s “Chaumian Ecash” solution, which integrates Bitcoin with the Cashu protocol to enable Bitcoin payments on Signal.

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