It appears Telegram also does not work without VPN in Russia. We will be implementing connection rotation and redundancy it may reduce the impact. In any case, preventing transport-level blocking is a hard problem, especially if they start using LLM for traffic analysis. It is better to solve it in dedicated VPN solutions, not in the apps.

We talk about: - SimpleX Network unique design, - sovereignty as a foundation for privacy, - privacy as a requirement for freedom of speech. - governance and sustainability - lessons from the Web, - planning crowdfunding, - and more. Why we are building it: https://simplex.chat/why/ Consortium governance: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/master/rfcs/README.md Planning crowdfunding: https://simplexchat.typeform.com/crowdfunding Disclaimer: SimpleX Chat, Inc. is "testing the waters" for a possible Reg CF securities offering. We’re not asking for or accepting any money right now, and we won’t accept any if sent. We can’t accept any offers to buy securities or take any payments until the until the offering statement is filed, and only through a regulated intermediary platform. Showing interest doesn’t create any obligation or commitment of any kind.

.@`ODELL` thank you very much for the conversation! A great summary is here: https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/CitadelDispatch/cd196-evgeny-poberezkin--simplex-private-chat More news is coming!

SimpleX Chat apps are 4 years old today! - 2M+ app downloads - 300-500K active users (estimated from store statistics - no accounts or any user IDs) - 1000+ network routers Huge thank you to everybody who made this journey possible: , , , and everybody else who used, promoted and supported SimpleX Network. Coming soon: - channels - new UX - non-profit governance of SimpleX Network The first release announcement: https://simplex.chat/blog/20220308-simplex-chat-mobile-apps.html How SimpleX Network Consortium will work: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/tree/master/rfcs#readme Why we are building SimpleX Network: https://simplex.chat/why/