[culi]

It's explicitly in opposition to ATProto. That's probably why they went with Radicle and not Tangled

[VulgarExigency]

What the hell are Radicle and Tangled

[culi]

They're curtains for Zoosha. An alternative to Poob (which is now on Pheebo).

EDIT: sorry I felt too bad not to leave an explanation

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/curtains-for-zoosha

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/poob-has-it-for-you

[inigyou]

Thanks for combobulating. I used to use Hackysack but I switched to Phlegm after the Unhappy Kittens controversy.

[rapnie]

https://radicle.dev/ Peer-to-peer code forge.

https://tangled.org/ Code forge based on AT Protocol.

[inigyou]

Radicle: decentralised GitHub

Tangled: centralised Radicle

[tdkx21]

It's worth noting the distinction between the auth layer and the data layer here. Tangled uses ATProto primarily for authentication, but it departs from the standard PDS model by offloading Git storage to knots.

While that's a clever hybrid, Bitchat is aiming for a truly serverless, local-first experience (especially with the Bluetooth mesh aspect). Radicle’s gossip-based P2P stack mirrors that vision more closely. In this case, Radicle isn't "better" in a vacuum—it's just the right tool for a project that wants to eliminate mediating servers entirely.