Bitmessage users can have one or a number of these addresses ( Figure 1).įigure 1: PyBitmessage, the official Bitmessage client in action. As an average Linux user, it's sufficient to know that each user is assigned a virtual "address" (e.g., BM-2cSpVFB6cDxLLGUeLR圓pZTwYsujmpRzP7) that can be used to send and receive messages. ĭeveloper Jonathan Warren's official whitepaper on Bitmessage goes into considerable detail on how this is achieved. In simplest terms Bitmessage works as a vast e-mail server, albeit one that is not controlled from any one central point.
Instead of using a blockchain to record transactions, however, Bitmessage uses complex mathematics to validate and encrypt messages. Like Bitcoin, Bitmessage uses a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol. Nor is it very easy to steal coins from another user's digital wallet without their digital private key. Since transactions are confirmed several times, it is highly unfeasible for anyone to forge an entry in the blockchain to give themselves a digital wagonload of Bitcoins. Users of the pseudonymous cryptocurrency Bitcoin will know that its strength lies in a blockchain – a decentralized ledger of transactions shared across thousands of computers.
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