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Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cryptocurrency

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544 points josh2600 | 1 comments | 06 Apr 21 16:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.232s | source
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qrbLPHiKpiux ◴[06 Apr 21 17:11 UTC] No.26714509[source]▶
Is your backend open source, or not?

Haven’t seen the git updated in a while.

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brodo ◴[06 Apr 21 17:22 UTC] No.26714686[source]▶
Effectively not anymore. Here is a very recent german article about it: https://www.golem.de/news/crypto-messenger-signal-server-nic...

No updates in the repo for over a year and no answers from the team. The whole crypto currency thing is also a red flag for me. Matrix seems to be the better option by now...

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1. rogers18445 ◴[06 Apr 21 17:46 UTC] No.26715019[source]▶
Just what are they trying to do? They are a non-profit which would make a money grab somewhat impractical. Are they worried they are going to get successfully forked or something?

Their unquestioned faith in Intel SGX is somewhat pathetic to be fair.