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 ## Is HushChat a fork of Signal?
 
 No. We do not use code directly from Signal, but the ideas from the protocol and ideas/concepts from the GUI interface.
+For instance, Signal Protocol has a concept of "ratcheting" and so do HushChat.
 
 ## Why not just use Signal?