You're doing some of the most important work on the Internet right now, and I for one am profoundly grateful.

Seriously, for anyone else reading, this attempt to provide federated privacy of communication is the kind of thing Saint iGNUcious himself might bless (I don't know if he does but am hopeful).

I had a chat with a friend recently and he said in response to my declination to use Signal:

"(I appreciate the commitment to decentralisation, but the battle of messaging apps ended up elsewhere). You're still fighting for the emperor in the jungle but the forces in the war changed years ago :)"

Decentralisation is the very purpose of the Internet, and federation is how it will work.

We just need to help you solve all the user experience problems, and they are very soluble.

Keep up the great work!