Fully decentralized, end-to-end encrypted group messaging is harder than anyone admits. We're further into the problem than we've ever been... and this is what the inside of it looks like: View article →

White Noise v2026.5.22 is out. iOS push notifications are live. The Notification Service Extension decrypts the payload on your device, so Apple sees a delivery but not the message, the sender, or your identity. Messages now render markdown. There's a blocked users screen in Settings, deep links for chats and profiles, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese support. View article →

Most apps want your email and your phone. Then, a code sent to the number they just made you give them. White Noise wants two taps. An identity that's only yours and works across all Nostr clients, not just here. It’s not magic, it’s maths. 👇 View article →

Telescreen --> smartphone. Thought Police --> big data. Room 101 --> echo chamber. Ministry of Truth --> post-truth. 14 parallels between Nineteen Eighty-Four and surveillance in 2026. View article →

The new release is here and you can read more about it. Or you can just download the app and try it out for yourself 👇

White Noise next release

Lots of fixes, polish, and a few shiney new features!

As an open-source, decentralized chat client, White Noise faces a lot of tough questions on moderation. Won’t anonymous chat help criminals communicate? How can you guarantee the safety of users? What about children? Who will protect them? This article explains why centralized moderation fails every time, and how White Noise plans to approach the topic. View article →

The most effective way to control what people say isn't to silence them. It's to make them wonder if someone is listening. That wondering is already enough.

X can ban you tomorrow. Instagram can wipe 10 years of your content. YouTube decides what you see. Here on Nostr, nobody has that power. Not me. Not you. Not Elon. 5 concepts to understand why 👇 View article →