It’s scaling season. The year of scaling. The decade of the scale. Thanks to modularity, coordination, and the ceaseless innovation of Web3 builders, the scalability trilemma lays practically defeated, Eth2 is right around the corner, and ETH just had its first week of negative issuance. Zero-knowl… (read more)

> That the individual shall have full protection in person and in property is a principle as old as the common law; but it has been found necessary from time to time to define anew the exact nature and extent of such protection. — Samuel Warren and Louis D. Brandeis (1890), “The Right To Privacy”, … (read more)

At its core a Status Node is software that allows relaying of messages of application users in a way that is as pseudonymous and as private as possible while still maintaining resource requirements that can be fulfilled by a mobile device or a low end laptop. (read more)

The Status Network Quarterly Report – Q2 2021. A recap of work across the entire ecosystem including the Status Mobile and Desktop apps, Nimbus, Waku, Keycard, and some exciting new projects. (read more)

The ecosystem of Crypto Social is growing. Early forms of decentralized organization are quickly evolving into entire networks that behave more like digital nations vs limited, legacy Web2 social media platforms. See a shortlist of projects driving Crypto Social platform here – from DAOs and conten… (read more)

> Man is a political creature and one whose nature is to live with others. - Aristotle > Persons do not exist as such without a world to which they belong. - Lisa Guenther, Solitary Confinement: Social Death & Its Afterlives Your keys stand motionless at attention, ready in case you decide to typ… (read more)

The ecosystem of Crypto Social is growing. Here is a shortlist of some of the most popular networks, products, and platforms today. From DAOs and NFTs to content creation and social tokens. (read more)

Scaling is here. Gas fees are becoming a problem of the past, and soon will be no more than an unpleasant memory. Arbitrum will be familiar to many, as their mainnet beta just launched, and they recently announced a partnership with Etherscan. (read more)

Introducing The Status Network Quarterly Report for Q1 2021. Updates from around the network including Status Mobile and Desktop apps, Nimbus, Waku, Keycard, Finance, and more (read more)

Ditch WhatsApp, protect the privacy of your friends and family. Use a real private messenger. A review of the recent WhatsApp Privacy Policy and an update to the Status Policy and Terms of Service (read more)

Join us May 14th - June 2 at 0x Hack, the borderless, open & decentralized online coding marathon, as we give talks, sit on panels, and host bounties to re-imagine and rebuild social networks that take back control from the Web2 giants. (read more)

Keycard can now be used on iOS devices for hardware enforced security to your keys and accounts! Status v1.12 also introduces a host of new features that make Status more enjoyable including some key updates to the messaging experience. (read more)

Facebook has better privacy standards. Clubhouse records all your conversations and shares every bit of your data with advertising corporations. (read more)

We’re back with the final Status Network Quarterly Report of 2020 and what a way to close out the year. The end of 2020 saw significant progress across the network on the Status App, Nimbus, and Waku, as well as a strong strategy for the future. (read more)

A Security Audit Checklist. Selecting the right vendor, preparing documentation, aligning on scope, creating open lines of communication, & more. (read more)

As Status hits a milestone with 6.9k active peers in the network, 500k+ total installs, and 300k active installs, we’re celebrating by giving away 2,000 DAI to the community. Join the public channel #statusstrong, react with the ❤️ on the post, and enter to win 50 DAI. (read more)

Status version 1.10 is here and it introduces DApp Bookmarks to make Web3 Browsing much simpler as well as profile images (read more)

Here are the elements we deem crucial when building private, secure messaging apps – end-to-end encryption, perfect forward secrecy, p2p protocols, anonymous account creation, and OSS. (read more)

In case you don’t know, now you can use Status, (and therefore, private & secure communication) on your desktop. Beta version is available for Mac, Linux, and Windows, you can download it here: https... (read more)