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A private Session alternative

Session is a decentralized, phone-number-free messenger that routes over an onion network.

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Why PrivaMesh is a strong Session alternative

Session and PrivaMesh share a goal - private messaging with no phone number and no central company - but reach it differently. PrivaMesh keeps the Double Ratchet for per-message forward secrecy, where Session traded it away for its routing model.

PrivaMesh’s transport is the public, auditable Solana chain rather than a bespoke node network, and your identity doubles as a self-custodial wallet for in-chat SOL payments. The cost is a tiny network fee per message.

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Other alternatives

Signal alternativeSignal is the gold-standard encrypted messenger, trusted and audited - but it runs servers and requires a phone number.
Telegram alternativeTelegram is fast and feature-rich, but its default cloud chats are not end-to-end encrypted and everything runs on its servers.
WhatsApp alternativeWhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted but owned by Meta, tied to your phone number, and it collects extensive metadata.