RE: How about a encrypted short messenger?
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That little thing few people click is called STING CHAT, and yes, the DMs there are encrypted. It is a plug-in to PEAKD. But, there is also a way to send encrypted messages on Layer1 of the Hive blockchain via transaction memos, visible on Hive.Blog and Ecency as well as PEAKD. I could send you 0.001 HIVE with the memo: #eofios930reooisiffde9we0s0pd9d8if
which you could decrypt with your Memo Key and see that I sent "We strike at dawn!" 😁
Encrypted transaction memos have been used to send people entrance codes to the yearly Hivefest event, among other things. And only the person with the proper private Memo Key can decrypt the message.
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0.001 hive is a small price to pay per message for privacy. Not for every message!
I was going to comment pretty much exactly as you did, just without an example :P
Well, people could be allowed to choose which one to use :-)
So THAT's the name! Thank you! I can't really see "Sting Chat" in the logo, but nice to know the name :-)
As to the messaging, I got some of those memos, too, sometimes necessarily with the key (e.g. a master key for a new account), sometimes a normal message via a smooth running messenger would've been enough (for example as a thank you for voting on a witness).
Maybe in a front end messenger people could decide which one they want to use. For regular chatting, just the regular function, and if they really want to make it secret, a transaction memo.
And how do I decrypt that? Is there a program? In my transactions, there is usually a button to click on... Here, I only see the code.
I don't see the name "Sting Chat" in the logo, either, but I remember the name of the plugin when PEAKD posted about it in 2023 when it was added. The example encrypted message I shared, above, was only an example of what one might look like; it's not a real message you can click to decrypt.
oooh okay, I thought there was an easy way to decrypt that :-D Thanks for responding and clearing some things up!