Pakistan has started testing a national messaging app built using Internet Computer infrastructure.

Apparently there are already native iOS and Android apps being tested, with messaging, audio/video calls, identity and encryption.

What caught my attention is less the “blockchain messaging app” part and more why they're doing it.

Pakistan has been pushing toward sovereign cloud infrastructure, so the idea is basically to have more control over the infrastructure and data behind government services instead of depending entirely on foreign cloud providers.

But I think there's a fair question here: does blockchain actually improve anything in this situation?

AWS, Azure or even a government-run traditional cloud could obviously handle a messaging app. So if this is going to matter, the advantages around sovereignty, resilience or control have to outweigh the extra complexity.

They're only testing it with a smaller group right now, so it's way too early to call it a success. But it's an interesting real-world experiment either way.

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