Why PiperChat Exists
Every major messaging platform today—Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage—shares a fundamental flaw: they require you to trust a central authority. Even with end-to-end encryption, your ability to communicate depends on corporate servers, government cooperation, and infrastructure that can be monitored, censored, or shut down.
We built PiperChat because we believe communication is a fundamental human right that shouldn't depend on the continued operation of any company, government approval, or centralized infrastructure.
The Problem with "Secure" Messaging
Signal is often held up as the gold standard for secure messaging. And while Signal's encryption is excellent, the platform still has critical weaknesses:
You must trust Signal's servers. Your messages may be encrypted, but Signal still sees when you message, who you message, and can be compelled by governments to cooperate with surveillance or shut down entirely.
Phone numbers link your identity. Your communication is tied to a government-issued identifier that can be tracked, subpoenaed, and used to connect your real identity to your messages.
Centralization creates a single point of failure. If Signal's servers go down, communication stops. If a government blocks Signal's infrastructure, you lose access. If the organization decides to change policies, you have no recourse.
The PiperChat Difference
PiperChat eliminates these weaknesses through true peer-to-peer architecture:
Zero servers. Messages travel directly between peers with no intermediary infrastructure. There's nothing to trust, nothing to monitor, nothing to shut down.
Cryptographic identity. Your identity is a keypair you generate locally. No phone number, no email, no registration—just pure cryptographic proof of who you are.
Unstoppable by design. With no central infrastructure, PiperChat cannot be censored, cannot be shut down, and cannot be compelled to cooperate with surveillance. The network exists as long as peers exist.