X's march toward becoming an everything app continues with its messaging platform, XChat, which is rolling out to a wider group of users this week.

This announcement has also brought on the expect user questions like how its encryption will actually work — especially given the nuances involved in building legitimately secure messaging platforms.

The claim of "Bitcoin style" encryption is raising some particular eyebrows within the security community, since Bitcoin technically doesn't utilize encryption on transactions — but rather relies on digital signatures. It seems pedantic, but methods matter in building trust, especially for messaging platforms that can contain personal info or, as recent news cycles demonstrated, sensitive national security secrets.

Dive deeper into the debate, and more future plans for the messaging platform, via the link in our bio from Sarah Perez.