Z-TEXT Channels: Uncensored Broadcast on the Blockchain
What Are Z-TEXT Channels?
A Z-TEXT Channel is a broadcast feed that lives entirely on the BitcoinZ blockchain. Not on a company server.
One owner (and any moderators they appoint) posts. Unlimited followers read.
Every channel is a shared address on the blockchain — not a server, not a company database. Docs call it a "shielded mailbox" as shorthand. There is no mailbox and no host. Just one on-chain address every follower's app already knows how to read.
Z-TEXT is a zk-SNARKs blockchain messenger built on BitcoinZ. No phone. No email. No SIM. Zero metadata. Channels are the newest of its four tools — messenger, password manager, wallet, and now channels.
The Difference
How It Works
The Comparison: Z-TEXT vs Telegram
Resilience: What Can Actually Take Your Channel Down?
The Cost
Posting requires an active Z-TEXT license. See license options →
Common Questions
❓ Is there an uncensorable alternative to Telegram Channels?
Yes. Z-TEXT Channels.
Z-TEXT Channels broadcast on the BitcoinZ blockchain. Not on a company server.
Telegram can suspend or delete a channel. Telegram runs the servers.
Z-TEXT has no company in the loop. No server to seize. No server to block. No server to take offline.
Source: z-text.com/docs/channels
❓ Can a company or government seize your Z-TEXT channel's follower list?
No.
There's no central list of who follows you.
Every follower holds their own copy. In their own wallet.
Nothing to leak. Nothing to sell. Nothing for a company to hand over to police or courts.
Following your channel needs no account. No email. No phone number.
Source: z-text.com/docs/channels
❓ What does it mean that your Z-TEXT channel is "on-chain"?
Your posts don't sit on a company's server.
They're written directly to the BitcoinZ blockchain. The same public ledger running since September 10, 2017.
One post from you equals one transaction on that chain.
It's stored and saved directly across BitcoinZ's shielded, decentralized network — of thousands of independent computers worldwide. Not one building somebody can raid.
Source: z-text.com/docs/channels
❓ Is there a private Telegram Channels alternative in 2026?
Yes. A few. Here's the real difference between them.
Telegram channels can never be end-to-end encrypted. Even if you try. That feature only works in one-to-one chats. Never in groups or channels.
SimpleX Channels (launched April 2026) protect who you are. No relay operator can identify owners or followers.
But the channel content itself is still visible to the relay operators running the network.
Z-TEXT goes a step further. Channels run directly on the BitcoinZ blockchain. zk-SNARKs shield both the content and who's posting it.
No relay. No operator. No server. No company account. No phone number needed to follow or post.
Sources: Z-TEXT · Telegram · SimpleX
❓ Z-TEXT vs SimpleX: what's the real difference?
SimpleX is free. Z-TEXT is a one-time paid license. Be honest about that upfront.
But here's what you get for it:
SimpleX doesn't keep your messages. Relay servers hold them only until delivered, then delete them. Z-TEXT keeps everything. Permanently. On the BitcoinZ blockchain.
SimpleX protects who you are on channels. Not what you post. Relay operators can still see channel content. Z-TEXT shields both. With zk-SNARKs.
SimpleX is messaging only. Z-TEXT bundles a crypto wallet and a password manager. Same app. Same 24-word seed.
One more honest note: SimpleX has independent security audits from Trail of Bits. Z-TEXT runs a public bug bounty instead. Different approach.
❓ How do I recover my Z-TEXT channel if I lose my phone?
With your 24-word seed phrase. Nothing else needed.
Install Z-TEXT on any device. Enter your 24 words.
Your channel and your followers come back. Everything you follow comes back too. Full history included.
No platform can take your audience away. Because no platform ever held it.
Source: z-text.com/docs/channels
❓ Where does a Z-TEXT community actually live?
Not on a server. In each member's wallet.
Every follower's own wallet holds their own copy of your channel.
Nobody stores the full list in one place. Not Z-TEXT. Not anyone.
That's why nobody can wipe your community out. There's no single target to hit.
Source: z-text.com/docs/channels
❓ Do WhatsApp Channels really protect your follower list?
From the channel owner, yes. From WhatsApp, no.
WhatsApp's own privacy policy says it collects data on every follower. Their reactions. What channels they follow. Content stored on WhatsApp's servers for up to 30 days.
The channel owner can't see followers. Meta still can.
Z-TEXT is different. No company holds the list. Not the owner. Not Z-TEXT. Nobody.
❓ Can a Z-TEXT channel be deleted?
Not by a company. Not by a government. Not by anyone but you.
There's no delete button anywhere except in your own hands. No support ticket gets it removed. No policy violation shuts it down. No court order takes it offline.
Why? There's no company to serve that court order to. No central authority holds your channel or your keys. Nobody to force into handing over data that was never theirs to hold.
One honest limit: the channel exists as long as the BitcoinZ network exists. That's thousands of independent computers worldwide — not one server someone can switch off.
Source: z-text.com/docs/channels
❓ What are zk-SNARKs, and how do they protect a Z-TEXT channel?
zk-SNARKs. Some call it the "moon math."
The plain version: zero leak.
The who. The what. The when. All shielded on the blockchain.
Nobody reads it. Not the network. Not an outsider.
Only your followers can — because you're the one who hands them the key.
Source: z-text.com/docs/channels
Final Verdict
Z-TEXT publishes its full threat model and runs a live bug bounty — up to 3 ZEC for a critical find. See the threat model →
🔗 Also read: Signal vs Z-TEXT · WhatsApp vs Z-TEXT · Session vs Z-TEXT · Telegram vs Z-TEXT
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Update July 2026: SimpleX launched channels. Here's how SimpleX Channels compare to Z-TEXT.