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X product lead and Solana advisor Nikita Bier posted to announce two product changes for organizing communities on X, including:XChat now supports a joinable link feature for group chats. Users can create a public link to share directly on their timeline. Each group chat supports 350 members (and is still increasing).Due to declining usage, the X platform will officially deprecate X Communities on May 6.

Musk stated that the upcoming encrypted messaging feature XChat will use end-to-end encryption, is planned to be released as a standalone application, and aims to launch within a few months."The goal of XChat is to replace the old Twitter direct messaging system and create a fully encrypted platform that supports text, file transfers, audio, and video calls. I believe it is the least risky among all messaging systems."

ChainCatcher message, Musk stated this morning that the new feature XChat on the X platform has been launched, featuring information encryption, message self-destruction capabilities, and the ability to send any type of file, as well as supporting audio/video calls. The application is built on the Rust language, using Bitcoin-style encryption technology and a brand new architecture.