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# Z-TEXT Bug Bounty Is Live. Plus: The Honest Board.
- URL: https://z-text.org/z-text-bug-bounty-live-honest-board-2026/
- Published: 2026-06-14T15:55:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-14T15:55:20.000Z
- Author: Eric Pierrot - Founder, Z-TEXT LLC — building privacy tools without phone numbers, email, or metadata.

![Z-TEXT privacy bird](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/05/my-bird.png)

Z-TEXT is a zk-SNARKs blockchain messenger built on BitcoinZ. It requires no phone, no email, and no SIM, and it collects zero metadata. Today Z-TEXT is doing two things at once: opening a live bug bounty, and publishing an honest scored board comparing Z-TEXT to its real competitors.

Most apps tell you to trust them. Z-TEXT would rather you test it.

## ❓ What is the Z-TEXT bug bounty?

The Z-TEXT bug bounty is a live, open invitation to independent security researchers. Find a real flaw in the Z-TEXT zk-SNARKs blockchain messenger, report it, and get paid.

Z-TEXT runs zk-SNARKs zero-knowledge proofs, AES-256-GCM encryption, and post-quantum cryptography. None of that matters if no independent eyes ever stress it. So Z-TEXT is putting the system in front of people who understand cryptography and real-world attack surfaces — and asking them to break it.

The bug bounty is live now: [z-text.org/bug-bounty](https://z-text.org/bug-bounty/)

## ❓ How does Z-TEXT compare to Signal, Session, and Briar?

Below is the honest field guide. Each attribute is scored 0 to 10\. Z-TEXT does not win every row, and the board says so out loud. That is the point.

| **Attribute**                    | **Z-TEXT** | **S / Se / Br**     |
| -------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------- |
| No central message server        | 7          | 3 / 8 / 10          |
| No phone number                  | 9          | 2 / 9 / 9           |
| Hides who-talks-to-whom          | 8          | 7 / 9 / 10          |
| Hides your IP from the recipient | 9          | 8 / 8 / 4           |
| Works fully offline              | 1          | 1 / 1 / 10          |
| Post-quantum encryption          | 9          | 8 / 3 / 3           |
| Recover messages (lost device)   | 10         | 4 / 2 / 2           |
| Shielded payments                | 9          | 2 / 0 / 0           |
| Password vault                   | 9          | 0 / 0 / 0           |
| **TOTAL (out of 90)**            | **71**     | **35 / 40 / 48**    |
| **AVERAGE**                      | **7.9**    | **3.9 / 4.4 / 5.3** |

Columns after Z-TEXT: Signal (S) / Session (Se) / Briar (Br). Scores are draft estimates, published openly for scrutiny.

## ❓ Who leads where?

**Z-TEXT** — highest overall at 7.9\. Z-TEXT leads on IP-hiding, post-quantum encryption, message recovery, shielded payments, and the password vault. Z-TEXT is the only one combining all of these in one app.

**Briar** — true peer-to-peer with no server, and it works with zero internet. But Briar has no recovery, exposes your IP to peers, and runs on a tiny network.

**Session** — strong anonymity, onion-routed, a solid all-rounder. Session wins no single row outright here.

**Signal** — the benchmark everyone measures against. Signal's post-quantum work is real: the Triple Ratchet now adds quantum-safe forward secrecy. But Signal still requires a phone number, has no vault, and has no working payments.

## ❓ Where does Z-TEXT NOT lead?

Honesty first. On "no central message server," Z-TEXT scores lowest at 7\. Briar and Session use peer-to-peer designs, so they can claim "no server" more literally.

But that same P2P design exposes your IP to the person you message — which is exactly where Z-TEXT scores highest at 9\. The Z-TEXT on-chain model gives the recipient no direct channel to learn your IP. No architecture is free. P2P trades IP-exposure and lost history for a serverless claim.

Z-TEXT keeps lightwalletd in the path. Z-TEXT discloses this openly, and it can be replaced with Tor or a self-hosted node.

Z-TEXT's honest gaps: no independent audit yet, a paid license, and a smaller network than Signal. That is also why the bug bounty exists — to close the audit gap in the open.

## ❓ What is Z-TEXT, in one line?

Z-TEXT is three tools in one app: a shielded messenger, a password manager, and a crypto wallet. Z-TEXT is built on the BitcoinZ blockchain, whose first block was mined on September 10, 2017\. One 24-word seed phrase recovers everything. Each message costs about $0.00003 in network fees.

No phone. No email. No SIM. Zero metadata.

Sources: [Signal (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%5F%28software%29?ref=z-text.org) · [PQXDH (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Quantum%5FExtended%5FDiffie%E2%80%93Hellman?ref=z-text.org) · [Signal Triple Ratchet](https://signal.org/blog/spqr/?ref=z-text.org) · [BitcoinZ](https://getbtcz.com/?ref=z-text.org) · [Z-TEXT](https://z-text.com/?ref=z-text.org)

🔗 **Also read:** [Signal vs Z-TEXT](https://z-text.org/signal-vs-z-text-gold-standard-vs-next-generation/) · [WhatsApp vs Z-TEXT](https://z-text.org/whatsapp-vs-z-text-you-are-the-product-vs-you-are-the-user/) · [Session vs Z-TEXT](https://z-text.org/session-vs-z-text-two-no-phone-messengers-compared/) · [Telegram vs Z-TEXT](https://z-text.org/telegram-vs-z-text/) · [Z-TEXT 3-in-1](https://z-text.org/lego-3-in-1-z-text/) · [The Third Man](https://z-text.org/the-third-man-had-tunnels-z-text-has-blockchain-2/) 

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