We had hoped this day would never come, but Session has now entered its final 90 days of operation. If we are unable to reach our funding goal within this period, the Session Technology Foundation (STF) will be forced to shut down.
To date, the STF has received approximately $65,000 in donations. This is enough to maintain critical Session infrastructure for the next 90 days. We are extremely grateful for the support Session has received from the community, but unfortunately this is not sufficient to retain full-time developers. As a result, all paid staff and developers will have their final working day on April 9, 2026. After this date, some team members will continue on a primarily volunteer basis to help maintain Session until July 8, 2026.
Ok I still don’t know what this program does that’s interesting, but it sounds like another thing we don’t need.
You recognize one word in there and because you associate it with cryptocurrency you dismiss the entire thing.
To be fair, it’s a consistent red flag.
Blockchain is theoretically interesting. Very interesting, in certain niches. But 9 times out of 10, “blockchain-based” is code for “enshittified” or “a pyramid scheme scam from the start.” And in the cases where its implementation is altruistic, it’s still questionably sustainable or creates considerable overhead.
I mean, yeah.
But also, goddamn, are we not allowed to discuss projects with it with interest because a bunch of other assholes talked about it too much a few years back? (btw I fully expect to be having this exact conversation about genAI in about a decade)
…And you’d be a decade too late…
You can talk about it, and I won’t stop you. But, much like all this AI nonsense, I’ve tried it many times and every single time it ends up being some sort of scam, so personally, I’m not willing to indulge it any further.
Yeah, that’s basic risk assessment. You can read a whole lotta stuff in a product provision but if it says “includes asbestos” you figure out pretty fast it’s v likely dangerous.