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October 30, 2024 89 mins

In this episode of Hashing It Out, the crew invites Alisher from Status App onto the show to discuss the long path from ICO to v2 of the App.


New design, infrastructure, architecture, and brand-new sensibilities are driving the Status App toward a truly peer-to-peer communications application for all of Crypto and Web3.


Alisher, a premier designer, spoke to some of why Status has specifically chosen a design framework to appeal to Web3 and build unique and sovereign communities.


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RESOURCES:

The Life of a MessageDouble Ratchet Messaging

Encryption - Computerphile


TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Welcome Back to Another Episode?

00:00:17 What Are Ahmad's Goals?

00:01:05 How to Balance School and Extracurriculars?

00:02:00 Is It Fun to Multitask with Meetings?

00:03:41 Is Networking Overrated?

00:05:05 What Makes Status Unique in Web3?

00:06:30 How Does Status Ensure Privacy?

00:09:07 Why Does Status Look Like Slack?

00:12:11 Can Waku Enhance Decentralisation?

00:13:59 How Does Status Manage Communities?

00:17:20 How Does Status Handle Spam?

00:20:13 How Do Security and Usability Coexist in Status?

00:26:56 Is Status Really End-to-End Encrypted?

00:33:30 Why Refine UX with User Feedback?

00:36:30 What Pushed Status to Rebrand?

00:40:18 How to Attract and Onboard Users?

00:43:13 What's the Ideal Onboarding Experience?

00:48:47 What's a Tap Tap App?

00:52:16 Why Is Privacy Non-Negotiable in Status?

00:56:03 Does Status Compete with Discord and Slack?

01:06:21 What Is Status' Onboarding Process?

01:08:06 Do Tokens Enhance the User Experience?

01:09:23 Why Does Token 2049 Get Criticism?

01:24:16 How Do General Purpose Platforms Change Communities?

01:27:27 Is Bigger Always Better?

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