M2 Design WhatsApp at Scale

E2E encryption, media delivery, and extreme engineering efficiency

Design WhatsApp, which handles 2B users with a famously small engineering team. Focus on what differentiates WhatsApp from Messenger: end-to-end encryption by default, media message handling, status/stories, and the Erlang-based backend architecture.

Estimated time: 15 minutes

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