Radar Chat Wants to Make Sending Bitcoin as Easy as Firing Off a Text
The post Radar Chat Wants to Make Sending Bitcoin as Easy as Firing Off a Text appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Radar Chat launched Tuesday, combining encrypted messaging with Bitcoin payments. The app uses the Signal Protocol but was developed independently from Signal. Radar says users remain in control of their Bitcoin, which is sent via the Lightning Network. A new app from the team behind Cake Wallet brings Bitcoin payments directly into private messaging. Launched Tuesday, Radar Chat combines end-to-end encrypted messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network, allowing users to send Bitcoin via text messages without having to switch apps or copy wallet addresses. “The idea behind Radar is that the people we talk to and the people we pay are often the same people, yet messaging and payments still live in separate places,” Radar Chat and Cake Wallet founder Vikrant Sharma told Decrypt. Available on iOS and Android, Radar—which the company clar