Friends
Friends, unlike Decentralized Chat, allow you to establish persistent relationships with other BiglyBT users.
Each BiglyBT install has a unique public and private key pair that is used to both identify the client and also encrypt communication between that client and another - in the future this may be extended to support alternate identities for communicating annonymously, but until then remember that your public key is linked to your public identity on the internet.
When you and a friend are connected to the same download you can boost each other's download speeds. When this is occurring you will see an indication in the status bar:
