Well #Signal is baking their own crypto now. 😤
How will the techbros & #elonmusk explain, that this wasn't a #ponzi scheme. 'jUsT uSe sIgNal' the non-profit, one time soulution to WhatsApp.
https://signal.org/blog/help-us-test-payments-in-signal/
The soultion is #federated protocols, dontating to projects to help reach feature/privacy parity with centralized ones. NOT shifting to another centralized silo - that will inevetiably fail in a free market.
https://polarhive.ml/blog/fedi-first
https://polarhive.ml/blog/messengers/#matrix-is-a-protocol-rather-than-a-messaging-app
https://mastodon.social/@polarhive/106020102622594780
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/24ac705fe89ce41f78db42f17dfb4bf8da789c53/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/payments/GeographicalRestrictions.java
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commits/master
MOB is not a replacement for cash or monero. This is the normie 'Apple Pay, but in crypto + government geo restrictions'.
@polarhive 
That's why we need IRC and Matrix...
@polarhive Frankly, if privacy is your primary concern, Signal is *still* a much better solution than Matrix.
@hothobbit @bpepple
Because a random person on the net said so apparently.
Privacy completely depends on the usecase. Matrix, Signal or even Facebook could be more private depending on who's using it, for what and under what threat model
@hothobbit Encryption is the default w/ Signal, where with Matrix it's opt-in.
I'm not sure if this is still true (tho it was at least two months ago), Matrix has had issues with group chats giving the dreaded "Unable to decrypt: The sender's device has not sent us the keys for this message.", due to the it's federated nature.
New features are looked at from a security point of view before being added to Signal (for instance url links, etc), which isn't the case with Matrix...
@hothobbit ...due to it's design (gateways, etc)
Server run by the main developers of the project 
It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow our code of conduct!
The reason I'm against Signal is that they don't allow forks to work with their servers, and they don't plan to federate or solve the 'meta data issues' with these federated protocols.
https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/