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inspired by the design of Signal Protocol and uses many of the same cryptography and ideas, but does not actually use any
code from Signal.
## Is HushChat only compatible with HUSH mainnet?
No, it's designed to run on any compatible Zcash Protocol chain, including all Hush Smart Chains:
https://github.com/myhush/hush-smart-chains
That being said, HushChat is being developed on HUSH mainnet and will the reference implementation will be for HUSH and our
smart chains. Other coins are welcome to use our code but the focus in the near term is HUSH.
## Is HushChat a fork of Signal?
No. We do not use code directly from Signal, but the ideas from the protocol and the GUI interface.
No. We do not use code directly from Signal, but the ideas from the protocol and ideas/concepts from the GUI interface.
## Why not just use Signal?
Signal requires phone numbers and is a centralized service. HushChat is completely anonymous and decentralized.
Signal requires phone numbers and is a centralized service. HushChat is completely anonymous and decentralized and requires absolutely no metadata be given to any centralized 3rd parties.
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