SNT, Status

🥳 We just released the first public beta of Status Desktop!! You can download it via status.app right now. 🎉 It’s an exciting moment for Status but we need your help to iron out the remaining bugs before the official public release!! 🐞 status.app/blog/reporting-bu… This blog explains how to report bugs via GitHub. If you’ve never used GitHub, we recommend you read this before attempting to report any issues you find in the Status Desktop Beta release.

📢 Big news! We’ve just launched the very first public beta preview release of Status Desktop 🥳 Download it now from: status.app/ The blog post linked below gives more information about this first public beta release of Status Desktop. It’s early days; there are many bugs that we are aware of and working to fix, and some of the features needed for a non-beta release haven’t yet landed. But we wanted to get Status Desktop into your hands so you can see what we’ve been working on and help us find any bugs we might have missed! Some things to note about this first beta pre-release: 👉 You won’t be able to use the Wallet to interact with DApps yet. We are still busy building this functionality! 👉 ‼️We advise against using real funds in the Wallet at this time. It’s early beta software, and bugs could lead to loss of funds. 🙏 👉 The messaging functionality consumes large amounts of bandwidth. Yes, we know, and yes, we are working on fixing this! All that said, this preview beta release marks a major milestone in our mission to deliver the ultimate open-source, decentralised, permissionless, censorship-resistant, self-sovereign super-app! This blog explains more about Status Desktop’s features, precautions to take when exploring this release, how to request new features, the importance of community bug reporting, and Status Mobile 2.0’s upcoming first public beta preview release. Blog: status.app/blog/status-deskt…

🎉 It's great to see our design teams getting recognition for their hard work building the Status website! 👏 Go take a look for yourself: status.app

We are testing several references of CMOS cameras and lenses in the lab. Keycard Pro uses a CMOS camera to scan QR codes… These QR codes (following ERC-4527) are not your mama’s QR code but impressive animated ones as shown in the video in the replies (there might be an Easter egg in there, too. Be the first to find it, and you’ll be able to claim a @Keycard_ Pro when the product launches). We have to make sure the camera we use can handle this while maintaining a low cost, mostly by making sure we use the right lens with the right aperture, field of view, and focus distance.

Be the first to find the Easter egg below and claim a Keycard Pro when the product launches!

Token-Gated Community Management in Status 2.0: status.app/blog/token-gated-… What do you think of this groundbreaking solution for web3 community management?? Let us know in the replies!! 2/2

🔎 In our latest blog, we delve deeper into Status Community management. (Link in the replies!) 🔍 🧑‍💼 Communities need management, and Community owners need administrative support. So, we’ve devised a fully decentralised solution to give it to them! 🤝 ⚖️ We needed to balance usability, functionality, and, as always, our principles. We achieved this through tokenised Community roles and token-gated Community management. 🧠 When minting their Owner token, Community Owners also mint an unlimited supply of TokenMaster tokens, which they can airdrop to trusted Community members. TokenMaster token hodlers can then perform administrative duties within the Community – the most powerful of which is assigning the Admin role to newly minted Community tokens and existing tokens, NFTs, or even @ensdomains names!! Hodlers of the tokens required to be an Admin can do things like admit new members to the Community, open and close channels, delete spam messages, etc. 🔐 Owners, TokenMasters, and admins can also be token-gate access to the Community itself or individual channels within it using a single token or combination of tokens. This opens up a whole host of management and monetisation opportunities and does so in an entirely decentralised manner. 🌐 ✨ It also brings new utility to existing tokens, NFTs, and ENS names – imagine the alpha channel in your NFT community requires users to hodl 5 or more of your project’s digital collectibles!! 🤯 📖 Read more about this powerful and entirely decentralised feature in our latest blog post (you’ll find the link in the replies below!) 👇 1/2

We heard you — taking small actions on the Status app can cost too much in gas. This is why there’s now a proposal to launch Status Chain, a Layer 2 rollup built on Ethereum! Head over to our forum to learn more about it and give your feedback: discuss.status.app/t/nip-3-l… This New Initiative Proposal (NIP) aims at providing a low gas fee environment so that users are not priced out due to congestion during surges in activity. TL;DR: The proposed Status Chain would be a Layer 2 rollup that is EVM equivalent and based on Ethereum, with a target of 1 cent (or less!) per transaction. It is proposed that the Status Chain could leverage an existing open-source rollup framework that aligns with Status' core ethos and that has a strong bias towards client diversity — as we'd love to integrate our upcoming @ethnimbus execution client with this proposed new L2. This development would be a big step forward for Status as it would allow us to have a sovereign Ethereum-aligned rollup where app developers could build directly for Status Communities in an environment they are comfortable. The discussion has already started, and you are encouraged to join it and make your voice heard! After rounds of feedback, we will formalise proposals before letting SNT hodlers indicate on Snapshot which of the NIP proposals they would like to see prioritised next. Learn more about the Status NIP process here: discuss.status.app/t/new-ini…

Keycard Pro is not only a software project but also a complex mechatronic development! Every design decision balances electrical, mechanical, and optical (we have a camera in there! ) constraints while making sure we keep costs down, manufacturing is feasible, and production complies with regulations. That’s a lot of considerations… Every decision is a complex trade-off!! ⚖️ We’re currently deep into building a full prototype of the device and can’t wait to share more. Here’s a preview of how @Keycard_ Pro will be constructed. Stay tuned for more information!

📢 As we get ready for the upcoming first public Beta release of Status Desktop 2.0, we want to make it easy for you to give us your feedback about things you would like to see improved and new ideas you have for the apps 🤝 So once you’ve had a chance to play with the first Status Desktop 2.0 public Beta, head over to status.app/feature-upvote, where you can tell us if there is a feature you’d love to see added. ❓ Maybe you’d like to see more emoji message reactions, or perhaps there’s an existing feature you love to see extended so that it does a bit more. ❓ 💭 Whatever your idea, add it as a suggestion on the feature upvote page. If the Status Community likes it, they’ll upvote it. The popular suggestions will be prioritised and added to our development backlog 🏗️