<ul><li>Elon Musk announced the rollout of XChat, a new version of X’s Direct Messaging feature, with support for vanishing messages, encryption, file sharing, audio, and video calling.</li><li>XChat is currently in beta testing among a select group of users and is expected to be available to all users this week, barring any scaling issues.</li><li>The updated XChat version is built on Rust with 'Bitcoin style' encryption, leading to debates about Musk's use of terminology and the platform's competition with encrypted services like Signal and iMessage.</li><li>Despite the new features, X users have faced service instability over the past week, including outages affecting timelines and XChat functionality.</li></ul>

Elon Musk says XChat is rolling out to all, but questions remain about its alleged security

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