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MESSAGE

Send an on-chain message, encrypted or not.

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MESSAGE stores a short message permanently on-chain, plaintext or encrypted so only the recipient can read it.

What you can do with it

Message anyone with no prior contact; their public key is found from on-chain history.
Deliver token-gated decryption keys that travel with a token on every sale.
Create censorship-proof, undeniable communication records.

Often combined with: SEND · FILE · BATCH