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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: 0.205s | 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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hiq ◴[06 Apr 21 20:30 UTC] No.26717022[source]▶
Last commit 5 days ago: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server
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olah_1 ◴[06 Apr 21 20:38 UTC] No.26717113[source]▶
This is either the mandela effect (I know for a fact that the server was stuck on "April 2020" for at least 6 months), or Signal intentionally hid development and then revealed it all when they realized it was bad PR.
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Forbo ◴[06 Apr 21 21:32 UTC] No.26717647[source]▶
I saw that not too long ago myself. Purely speculation here, but perhaps they opted not to publish any commits until they had a chance to have their MobileCoin implementation audited? Just wish they had been more forthcoming about why they were not pushing commits.
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1. olah_1 ◴[07 Apr 21 01:30 UTC] No.26719545[source]▶
How could they pump the coin overnight if they were forthcoming about their roadmap?