what's Whisper?
Whisper is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging protocol developed for the Ethereum ecosystem. It enables secure, anonymous communication between nodes using a publish-subscribe model based on topics, allowing messages to be broadcast without centralized servers. Features include proof-of-work for spam resistance, symmetric encryption for privacy, and support for light clients to facilitate messaging in dapps. Originally part of Ethereum's core protocols alongside Swarm and Ethereun, Whisper aimed to provide off-chain communication for Web3 applications. It has been largely deprecated in favor of newer solutions but remains a foundational example of blockchain-based messaging.
Whisper evolved into Waku, powering applications like Status and Fileverse.
Evolved into Waku and powers multiple applications including Status and Fileverse.
Whisper operates as a private dating app built on Arcium's privacy infrastructure, currently live on testnet with Arcium mainnet approaching.
$MUTE operates as a privacy layer on Virtuals powered by Whisper AI technology, currently at 7 million market cap.