diff --git a/bucket/bitmessage.json b/deprecated/bitmessage.json
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rename from bucket/bitmessage.json
rename to deprecated/bitmessage.json
index 5b7b35c1856fa7..43255772db48eb 100644
--- a/bucket/bitmessage.json
+++ b/deprecated/bitmessage.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+    "##": [
+        "Deprecated 2025-12-18: Bitmessage is no longer actively maintained. Last release was in 2018."
+    ],
     "version": "0.6.3.2",
     "description": "A P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers.",
     "homepage": "https://bitmessage.org/",