Pakistan is building a national chat app on ICP, says DFINITY founder

Dominic Williams says the messenger targets more than 100 million users and runs on a dedicated Pakistan subnet Most governments that want a national messaging app go shopping at a big cloud provider. Pakistan went to a blockchain. DFINITY founder Dominic Williams announced on October 28, 2026 that Pakistan is developing a national chat and messenger application on Internet Computer (ICP) infrastructure. The intended audience is more than 100 million users. The app covers the features people now treat as table stakes in a messenger. That means instant messaging, plus audio and video calls.