Most people still sleep on @ethstatus and it might be one of the most ambitious Web3 projects ever built. 👇 CC: @0xcyp @PajicF @theCyberMonkX @0xnadeem ✦ The Origin Story Back in 2017, founders Jarrad Hope (@jarradhope_) and Carl Bennetts asked a simple question: What if messaging could live on the blockchain? At first, they looked at Bitcoin. But once they discovered Ethereum, everything clicked. They raised $102M in their ICO and began building Status, a gateway to the decentralized internet. ✦ What Status Actually Is Not just another crypto chat app. Status combines three powerful tools into one seamless product: Private Messenger ; built on the Waku protocol (no central servers) Self-Custodial Wallet ; supports ETH, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism Web3 Browser ; lets you access dApps and DeFi directly It’s like Telegram, MetaMask and Brave fused into one decentralized experience. ✦ Solving the Privacy Problem Telegram and Discord still rely on Big Tech infrastructure. Status doesn’t. It’s built for true privacy and digital sovereignty: Perfect Forward Secrecy old messages stay safe even if keys are leaked Metadata privacy no one can see who’s talking to whom No phone numbers or emails Peer-to-peer network no central servers, no single point of control ✦ The Hidden Layer Nobody Mentions Status runs on the SNT token ( $SNT, ~$0.026, ~$107M market cap ). Holders can vote on protocol upgrades and ecosystem decisions. But here’s what most people miss Status isn’t just an app. They’re building an entire stack of open protocols under the Institute of Free Technology: Waku :- decentralized messaging Codex :- distributed storage Nomos :- blockchain for network states Vac privacy infrastructure Together, they form the backbone for a truly open and censorship-resistant Web3. ✦ Why It’s Different Compared to Signal, Telegram or Discord: Fully decentralized Open-source & community-governed Combines chat + wallet + Web3 access Built for privacy from day one ✦ Where They’re At Now The app is live on iOS & Android, with thousands of active users and growing communities. A next-gen mobile version is already in development. Despite facing regulatory pressure in 2020 2021 the team never stopped shipping. ✦ TL;DR Status isn’t just a messenger. It’s a decentralized communication stack built to free the internet from centralized control. As Web3 adoption expands, Status could quietly become one of the most important infrastructures in crypto.