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On the occasion of SimpleX and Session getting cryptocoin-donations/funding ... we won't hide that most delta contributors are pretty skeptical of cryptocoin-circles. Exhibit 1: #Webxdc apps - mini apps that anyone can whip up -- and the declared motto still on the webxdc.org web page since inception mid 2022:

No logins, no coins, no platforms ...

and this year, January 23rd, we added "no billionaires" to the growing list of things deserving a "no" :)

delta.chat/en/2025-01-23-webxd…

screenshot of https://webxdc.org web page with the logo, and the following title, subtitle and motto webxdc web apps shared in a chat no logins, no coins, no platforms 🎉

Delta Chat: Replacing billionairish platforms with ZIP files

How can we evolve and deploy web apps without allowing developers or operators to become a “billionaire in the middle”? There are many ways to try to address this challenge and some involve the tec...
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I'm not sure what point this post is making. Delta Chat also accepts bitcoin donations. A bitcoin address is provided on the Delta Chat donation page. Is that a bad thing?
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@alandes receiving donations via BTC does not have to do with the chatmail operations (servers and clients) which don't require any chain-coin to operate. Moreover, webxdc was designed as a decentralized web system in difference to "web3" which was typically tied into chain-coin things.
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