India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey's bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat
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That is the property bitcoin's supporters value most, the ability to transact without permission from any government or intermediary, and it is now being tested against a government trying to switch it off. Since July 20, cities across India have seen some of their largest demonstrations in years as student protesters under the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ — a poke at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — banner rally against a national exam scandal and are met with tear gas and baton charges. The government has ordered repeated internet suspensions around the protest sites in New Delhi, and researchers have documented demonstrators turning to Bluetooth mesh apps, Bitchat among them, to keep coordinating once the connection drops. The takedown order targets one of the tools that made the shutdowns easier to circumvent. Whether GitHub complied within the three-hour window was not clear as of publication. CoinDesk could access and download the application on both Google and Apple stores as of Asian afternoon hours Friday. The Microsoft-owned platform has removed repositories under Indian legal orders before, and open-source projects are typically mirrored across other hosts, meaning a takedown rarely erases the code entirely.
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The Indian government has issued a block order against Bitchat, a Bitcoin-linked messaging app supported by Jack Dorsey. This measure demonstrates the strict stance of Indian regulatory authorities toward cryptocurrency-related communication platforms. Investors must recognize that regulatory uncertainty in the Indian market could put the brakes on the expansion of decentralized applications.
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- Bitcoin — The Indian government's move to block crypto-linked apps highlights regulatory risks in emerging markets, negatively impacting investor sentiment.
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