RE: chaos.social/@delta/1165052231…
All of the advances in #deltachat apps and the growth of the #chatmail relay network, wouldn't be possible without public funds and private donations, an estimated 800K EUR in 2026 ❤️ money goes to ~16 FOSS contributors with no money left for president, board or director salaries 🖤
Signal uses >50 Million per year, Telegram and Whatsapp 100's Millions, and they are all not building permission-free decentralized chat infra and apps, let alone secure mini app ecosystems webxdc.org
We’ve been busy building and releasing but it’s high time to share some major news: @sovtechfund is investing nearly €500K into #chatmailThis 18-month commitment supports chatmail maintainers keeping the core infrastructure secure and evolving, on top of which several apps are built (but not STF funded):
#DeltaChat
@arcanechat
@deltatouch
Parla on GnomeA huge thank you to the Sovereign Tech Fund for investing in open, secure and decentralized communication!

Ander
in reply to Delta Chat • • •Have you any plans on making a transparency page on the website or something similar so we can see how is the money we donate spent?
Delta Chat
in reply to Ander • • •@ander_dapo we provide more detailed transparency among core contributors, but no public financial reporting, except for key characteristics like we wrote in posts today, or in past ones about not taking Venture Capital or Crypto-coin funding etc.
Much of our work and all of our released artifacts are publicly visible, reusable and modifiable by anyone permission-free. But it does not imply that "we" and our internal structures and co-operations can or want to become publicly transparent.
RC 🌳
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