Welcome to messaging with Element—where every chat is end-to-end encrypted and powered by blockchain technology! Your conversations are secure, private, and completely yours. Whether you’re sending texts, sharing photos, or making PeerPay transfers, everything happens on-chain, ensuring maximum privacy and transparency. Dive into a messaging experience that’s as fun as it is secure, and explore all the unique features Element has to offer!
Start a Chat - One or Multiple People
Create a new chat but selecting the compose icon (📝) from the top right of the Chat page
From there you can select as many users as you would like (up to 30) and start a new group.
You can send a variety of content in group chats, including:
Text messages
Pictures (Video support coming soon)
PeerPay transactions and more!
Reactions
Make conversations more engaging with message reactions!
To react to a message, long-press it and select your favorite reaction from the menu.
You can react to messages from friends and even your own messages.
Additional options in this menu include:
Reply: Quickly respond to a specific message.
Copy: Copy the message content to your clipboard.
Report: Flag messages for review if necessary.
How to Delete Chats
Element gives you the ability to delete chats for both individual and group conversations:
From Chat, long-press the chat you want to delete.
Tap Confirm Destroy to permanently delete the chat.
Note: You must be the owner of a group to delete it. DMs can be wiped by either party.
Note: Deleting a group chat will disband the group entirely, and all members will lose access to it.