SimpleX Chat is the only messaging network where users have no identifiers—no phone numbers, no usernames, no user IDs at all. Henry interviewed founder Evgeny Poberezkin about how unidirectional message pipes create a network where servers don't even know users exist, why this isn't federation, how it compares to Signal and Session, and why the company is based in the UK despite encryption battles.

🔗 LINKS

• SimpleX: https://simplex.chat
• Evgeny's Website: https://www.poberezkin.com/about.html

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

0:00:00 INTRO

00:01:31 SIMPLEX NAME

00:04:20 SIMPLEX TEAM

00:05:10 SIMPLEX VS. MAINSTREAM MESSENGERS

00:08:05 WHY THIS APPROACH?

00:11:14 THE FUTURE OF SIMPLEX

00:14:28 SIMPLEX NETWORK + FEDERATION

00:20:46 REGISTRATION MODELS

00:23:11 GOVERNMENT REQUESTS TO SIGNAL

00:25:42 REGISTRATION MODELS (CONT'D)

00:27:52 MESSENGER DISCUSSION?

00:29:54 SIMPLEX LIMITATIONS

00:31:00 WAYS TO USE SIMPLEX + SCALING

00:37:27 OPEN SOURCE

00:42:21 SIMPLEX ENCRYPTION + DENIABILITY

00:54:00 SIMPLEX METADATA

01:00:53 IP ADDRESS OBSERVATION

01:05:02 USABILITY CHALLENGES

01:09:53 MESSAGE DELIVERY

01:10:58 OUTAGES

01:13:14 MULTI-DEVICE SYNC

01:13:56 DESKTOP ONLY?

01:18:10 BATTERY IMPACT

01:19:44 BACKGROUND SYNC

01:21:50 FUNDING + SUSTAINABILITY

01:30:38 JURISDICTION

01:31:56 LEGAL + LIABILITY

01:40:37 PRIVACY AS A MEANS, NOT AN END

01:41:55 PRIVACY FOR THE MASSES VS. THE FEW

01:45:27 WHAT'S NEXT FOR SIMPLEX?

01:50:57 HOW TO FOLLOW

01:52:09 OUTRO

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