🔥 looking for testers – big bitchat android update 1.6.0-rc1
BACKGROUND PERSISTENCE: this update introduces background services! that means, bitchat can run in the background and support the mesh, even if you leave the app.
TOR: we're now also compiling the arti tor library ourselves, which improves reproducibility and reduces the apk size from 150 to 10 mb (lol).
this is a pre-release for testers. would love to get some feedback. does it work on your phone? please report bugs (including phone brand and OS version) in this thread!
https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/releases/tag/1.6.0-rc1
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