Blockchain Messenger Scorecard 2026: Z-TEXT ranks 1st on technology (26/30) and ties for 3rd overall (28/40).
Z-TEXT app icon on Google Play.
Z-TEXT rates six private messengers and opens a Founding Member offer: the first 1,000 people to choose Z-TEXT get two years for a one-time $12.
Privacy should not need a phone number or a monthly bill. Z-TEXT leads on technology. Now we have to prove it, and our first 1,000 members will hold us to it.”
— Eric Pierrot, Founder of Z-TEXT LLC
SHERIDAN, WY, UNITED STATES, November 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Z-TEXT LLC has published the Blockchain Messenger Scorecard 2026, a public comparison of six private messengers rated on eight criteria. Z-TEXT, a blockchain messenger that works without a phone number, email or SIM card, has the highest technology score (26 of 30) and ties for third place overall (28 of 40). With version 5.0.16 now on Google Play, the company has also opened a Founding Member offer: the first 1,000 people to choose Z-TEXT's technology get two years of the full 5-in-1 app (messenger, wallet, password manager, channels and communities) for a one-time payment of $12.
The scorecard rates ADAMANT, Session, Status, Secure Legion, Z-TEXT and Signal. Signal is not a blockchain messenger; it is included as a widely used baseline. Each app receives 0 to 5 points on eight criteria. Six criteria measure technology: no phone number, message recovery on a new phone, end-to-end encryption, decentralization, metadata privacy (hiding who talks to whom) and post-quantum protection (defense against future quantum computers). Two criteria measure verifiability, meaning whether outsiders can check the claims: open source code and independent security audits. Each score cites a public source. Z-TEXT built the scorecard and rated itself under the same rules.
Overall results, out of 40 points:
- Session: 31
- Signal (baseline): 29
- ADAMANT: 28
- Z-TEXT: 28
- Status: 27
- Secure Legion: 23
On technology alone, out of 30 points, Z-TEXT ranks first with 26, ahead of Session (22), ADAMANT and Secure Legion (21 each), and Signal and Status (19 each). Z-TEXT earns the full 5 points for working without a phone number and for message recovery: a 24-word recovery phrase restores messages, contacts, passwords and the wallet on a new phone.
Z-TEXT ties for the lowest verifiability score, with 2 of 10 points. The Z-TEXT app is closed source, although the BitcoinZ blockchain it runs on is open source. Z-TEXT has not yet completed an independent security audit. The company runs a public bug bounty program that pays researchers who find security flaws; the scorecard counts this as a first step, not as an audit. Publishing the protocol and completing an independent audit would raise Z-TEXT's total from 28 to 33 points.
"Privacy should not need a phone number or a monthly bill," said Eric Pierrot, founder of Z-TEXT LLC. "Z-TEXT leads on technology. Now we have to prove it, and our first 1,000 members will hold us to it."
Every new Z-TEXT ID starts with a free first month that includes 60 messages, with no credit card required. After that, the first 1,000 people to choose Z-TEXT can become Founding Members: two years of Premium for a one-time payment of $12, with no subscription. The offer is available inside the Z-TEXT app on Google Play.
Z-TEXT runs on the BitcoinZ blockchain, active since September 2017. Each message is a shielded transaction: zk-SNARKs, a type of zero-knowledge proof, let the network confirm a message without revealing the sender, the recipient or the content. Messages are encrypted with AES-256-GCM, and keys are exchanged with a hybrid of classical X25519 and post-quantum ML-KEM-768, making the key exchange quantum-resistant. There is no KYC (identity verification): users sign up without a phone number, email address or SIM card. The app can disguise itself as a working calculator, includes a panic PIN for use under duress, and offers built-in Tor routing, including a BitcoinZ .onion server.
About Z-TEXT LLC
Z-TEXT LLC, based in Sheridan, Wyoming, develops Z-TEXT, a private blockchain messenger built on BitcoinZ. Z-TEXT combines a shielded messenger, a BitcoinZ wallet, a password manager, on-chain channels and communities in one app. More information is available at z-text.com.
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