Tether Says Keet Tops 1 Million Downloads as P2P App Targets Censorship

1 articles · Updated · CIO · May 28

More than 1 million downloads across iOS, Android and desktop mark Keet’s latest growth milestone, with Tether pitching the messaging app as a censorship-resistant alternative to mainstream platforms.
Keet runs on Holepunch’s peer-to-peer architecture rather than centralized servers, letting users’ devices handle messaging, calls and file transfers directly so the service can keep operating as long as peers remain online.
Tether tied that design to rising shutdowns and deplatforming risks, citing 193 social-media shutdown cases in 41 African countries from 2016 to 2024 and 300 cases globally between 2024 and 2026.
The company also pointed to more than four major cloud or data-center outages in the first three months of 2026, arguing centralized infrastructure leaves communication tools vulnerable to both censorship and accidental disruption.
Launched in July 2022 and built with the Pear runtime, Keet is part of Tether’s broader push into decentralized communication and AI tools alongside products such as QVAC and PearPass.

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