Bill Ackman Says Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Messaging App ‘May Be Useful’ In Iran To Evade Internet Shutdowns
Posted On January 19, 2026
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said Saturday that Block’s decentralized messaging app Bitchat could be a useful communication tool in censored environments like Iran.
Can Bitchat Revolutionize Messaging In Iran?
Ackman reacted to an X post about Bitchat, a peer-to-peer messaging application developed by Jack Dorsey’s Block that can deliver messages over Bluetooth.
“Bitchat may be useful in Iran,” The Pershing Square Capital Management CEO
Iran imposed a nationwide internet shutdown in the wake of massive anti-regime …