Users who have come to rely on the privacy and security furnished by the DatChat networkwill now find the innovative company responsible for the cutting-edge messaging technology under a new name: Myseum. The rebranding, which was undertaken to align with an expanded strategic focus, also signals the launch of a new platform that combines social group media sharing with content preservation. “We’re in a unique position to introduce a new form of social networking to the world this winter that promises to become an important part of daily life,” said Darin Myman, CEO of DatChat. “Myseum will bring to market a new platform with exciting features that make it more enjoyable to share family and group photos, videos, and posts. And because the platform will leverage our proprietary patented technology and artificial intelligence, it will make saving and organizing private media easier than it has ever been.” DatChat was created to address the threat of censorship on social media networks. Its goal was to create a secure and completely private space to engage with family, friends, and colleagues through posting, sharing, and commenting. The DatChat platform introduced enhanced security features to the social media universe, including innovations that prevented users from capturing posts with a screenshot and sent posters a warning when screenshots were attempted. Its patented technology also allowed senders to alter their settings to allow messages to last forever or automatically self-destruct after a certain number of views.
While the DatChat messaging platform will continue to operate as a privacy-first messaging platform, its unique privacy technology will also be integrated into the new Myseum platform. The multi-tiered social media platform, which launched in March 2025, will provide users with secure and private digital content sharing and storage.
“The vision behind Myseum is to give everyone the power to build and share their digital legacy, both now and for future generations, through a secure and private ecosystem,” Myman explains. “Myseum offers individuals, families, and groups a platform to share messages, photos, videos, and documents inside of the digital version of a protected family library. We like to think of it as a timeless, digital photo shoebox that you and your loved ones can return to over and over again to relive important memories.”
The concept of a photo shoebox is one most people are familiar with — or at least they were familiar with until the iPhone replaced the camera as the primary tool for taking photos. As people began spending their days with a camera in their pocket, they started taking more photos but printing far less.
“While modern technology has made it easier than ever before to take pictures and videos, it hasn’t given us a tool that makes them easy to pass along,” Myman says. “Myseum changes that, ensuring that if something were to happen to me tomorrow, the photos that should be on the picture board of my life won’t be locked away behind the passcode on my phone.”
Myseum brings the photo shoebox into the 21st century by making its contents secure and accessible to an ever-expanding network of people. The Myseum Galaxy, as the network is known within the platform, can include all the important people in your life, making it the perfect tool for sharing memories, building new connections, and reconnecting with the people who are important to you.
The framework provided for Myseum improves upon the features of conventional social media in a way similar to the enhancements DatChat provided to messaging. Whereas the algorithmis the driving force behind the content you see on most social media, Myseum puts the user back in control by empowering them to curate their own “family feed,” ensuring that nothing limits their reach or their legacy. “Myseum lets sharing happen automatically with your children, grandchildren, and anyone else in your Galaxy,” Myman explains. “And it’s easy — you identify your primary connections, then hand off the process to Myseum.”
The Myseum platform also incorporates controls that empower cutting-edge privacy. Users can view those who have access to their Myseum and limit or revoke that access with a single tap of their phone’s screen. Myseum’s advanced level of privacy is invaluable in an age when family photos shared online — especially those involving children — are often exploited. The free Myseum option includes 50 GB of “free timeless storage” along with many more features designed to help you build connections and share your legacy. Additional storage is available for a one-time charge of $29.95 per 50 GB of “forever storage.” Myseum is currently available for both iOS and Android, with a desktop version planned for later this year.