{"id":68292,"date":"2026-01-19T09:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68292"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:16:32","slug":"bill-ackman-says-jack-dorseys-bitchat-messaging-app-may-be-useful-in-iran-to-evade-internet-shutdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68292","title":{"rendered":"Bill Ackman Says Jack Dorsey&#8217;s Bitchat Messaging App &#8216;May Be Useful&#8217; In Iran To Evade Internet Shutdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Billionaire hedge fund manager\u00a0<strong>Bill Ackman<\/strong> said Saturday that <strong>Block\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>decentralized messaging app\u00a0<strong>Bitchat<\/strong> could be a useful communication tool in censored environments like Iran.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can Bitchat Revolutionize Messaging In Iran?<\/h2>\n<p>Ackman reacted to an X post about Bitchat, a peer-to-peer messaging application developed by <strong>Jack Dorsey\u2019s<\/strong> Block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/25\/07\/46272105\/jack-dorsey-unveils-bitchat-a-decentralized-bluetooth-powered-server-free-messaging-service\">that can deliver messages over Bluetooth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBitchat may be useful in Iran,\u201d The\u00a0<strong>Pershing Square Capital Management<\/strong>\u00a0CEO\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bitchat may be useful in Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XhyrOxsuUy\">https:\/\/t.co\/XhyrOxsuUy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/2012383622867611725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/26\/01\/49984094\/irans-streets-quiet-as-top-cleric-threatens-revenge-against-trump\">imposed a nationwide internet shutdown<\/a> in the wake of massive anti-regime &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49987787\/bill-ackman-says-jack-dorseys-bitchat-messaging-app-may-be-useful-in-iran-to-evade-internet?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bill\" ackman says jack dorsey bitchat messaging app be useful in iran to evade internet shutdowns>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire hedge fund manager\u00a0Bill Ackman said Saturday that Block\u2019s\u00a0decentralized messaging app\u00a0Bitchat 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\u2019s Block that can deliver messages over Bluetooth. \u201cBitchat may be useful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-68292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}