# Send Encrypted Messages

With the I/O Coin wallet you can chat with other people with AES-256 encryption and fully decentralized. Also, chatting happens directly on the I/O Coin blockchain without the use of unsecure smart contracts.

## So how does it work? <a href="#so-how-does-it-work" id="so-how-does-it-work"></a>

First, you and the person you want to chat with will need a public alias. You can read more about how to register an alias and how to decrypt it [here](register-an-alias-dions). Now you will need to send an invitation to start chatting. To do that, go to **My RSA Keys** and find the DION you want to use to chat and click the green **Invite** button.

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Type in the DION of the other party and press **Enter**. After a few seconds the other person will receive the invitation under their **Invites** tab. After they click **Accept** an encrypted tunnel between both parties has been created and you can start chatting.

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Simply start chatting by going to your **Address Book**, click on the right contact and then click **Chat**.

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Your friend will receive your message with the next block which is usually well within 60 seconds.

## Video Tutorial <a href="#video-tutorial" id="video-tutorial"></a>

Below video also shows how to use encrypted chat on the I/O Coin blockchain using the HTML5 wallet.

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