"Almost immediately, Freitas started building a more secure and robust alternative to Twitter, making use of code from two other massively successful online pro

"Almost immediately, Freitas started building a more secure and robust alternative to Twitter, making use of code from two other massively successful online projects: bitcoin and BitTorrent." [http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/twister/ http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/twister/] Seems to be related to the idea behind Twister.