{"id":21461,"date":"2025-04-10T10:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T10:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=21461"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T10:02:24","slug":"jack-dorsey-pushes-signal-to-adopt-bitcoin-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=21461","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dorsey pushes Signal to adopt Bitcoin payments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jack Dorsey, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and former Twitter CEO, is encouraging Signal Messenger to integrate Bitcoin for peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, a move that could shift the platform\u2019s crypto strategy away from altcoins.<\/p>\n

\u201cSignal should use Bitcoin for P2P payments,\u201d Dorsey wrote on X on April 9, replying to a post by Bitcoin developer Calle, who suggested that Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) would be a perfect fit for Signal\u2019s private communication channel.<\/p>\n

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Source: <\/em>Jack Dorsey<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dorsey\u2019s call to action was echoed by other industry leaders, including former PayPal president David Marcus, who wrote<\/a> that \u201call non-transactional apps should connect to Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n

The endorsements reflect a growing push to promote Bitcoin as a functional payment system rather than just digital gold or a pure store of value<\/a>, which alone \u2014 according to Dorsey \u2014 won\u2019t ensure the success of BTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Signal offers payments with Sentz, formerly MobileCoin<\/h2>\n

Founded in 2014, Signal is an open-source, encrypted messaging service for instant messaging, voice calls and video calls.<\/p>\n

The messenger currently offers in-app payments in MobileCoin (MTCN), a privacy-focused ERC-20 token<\/a>, which rebranded<\/a> to Sentz in November 2023.<\/p>\n

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Signal\u2019s website mentions the old name of Sentz (MobileCoin) as the only supported cryptocurrency within the messenger. Source: <\/em>Signal<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Backed by high-profile industry players like BlockTower Capital and Coinbase Ventures, Sentz was founded in 2017 by Josh Goldbard and Shane Glyn to enable a \u201cfast, private, and easy-to-use cryptocurrency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related: <\/strong><\/em>Kraken taps Mastercard to launch crypto debit cards in Europe, UK<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Signal came under fire over its MobileCoin integration<\/a> in 2021, with many raising concerns over potential ties between Signal\u2019s founder and MTCN, opacity around its issuance and suspicious gains leading up to the partnership\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n