It's... effectively an instant messenger, yes. I mean for end users, yeah, it's pretty much an instant messenger. The actual details of how it does that anonymously are a little different than AIM or something, but whatever.It always amazes me when I see people saying "never, never, never." Anything is possible. Anything. Hell, it's possible the moon will explode and shower me with silvery glittering bitcoins...! Will it happen? I highly doubt it; but I'm not willing to say that it cannot happen no matter what considering the jumble of particles floating around the immediate area of Earth's orbit.... alright, so maybe not bitcoins... that would be a digital concept given physical form. That part's impossible. But you get my point.