Web3 urgently needs secure encrypted chat software

THE BATTLE FOR PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE HAS LONG BEEN FULL OF SMOKE, AND THE THEFT OF THE COIN CO-FOUNDER CEO'S MICRO-INTELLIGENCE ACCOUNT UNDOUBTEDLY BROUGHT THE WAR BACK TO THE PUBLIC EYE。

Coincidentally, Vitalik Buterin (God V), a co-founder of the Taifeng, had just completed substantial sponsorship of the encrypted communication project. Mask is also accelerating the construction of a "bitcoin-like" encrypted chat software XChat。

The intersection of these events clearly points to the conclusion that Web3 encryption software is not just an industry choice, but a demand for all internal and external users。

The theft of what is a micro-credit: exposing the short panel of a centralized social platform

On 10 December, one micro-credit account was suddenly hacked to promote a Memecoin called “Mubarakah”。

THE HACKER ATTACK WAS DESCRIBED AS A "PRECISION STRIKE" — USING LOOPHOLES IN THE CENTRALIZED STORAGE OF DATA FROM TRADITIONAL PLATFORMS, EASY ACCESS TO MOBILE PHONE-RECYCLING CHANNELS AND MARKET VOLATILITY CAUSED BY THE PUBLICATION OF FALSE PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION. DESPITE THE QUICK RESPONSE AND THE COMPENSATION OF THE VICTIMS WITH BNB, THE PROBLEMS REVEALED BY THE EVENTS ARE FAR FROM BEING RESOLVED。

There is a risk of natural data disclosure in traditional forms of identity authentication and ownership of user data is controlled by the platform, under threat of hacking or under the "human test" of platform abuse。

The incident also pointed to the core dilemma in the area of digital assets — when communications and transactions relied on centralized tools, the security line was essentially a “paper wall”。

Security gaps in centralized applications are inevitable: a single server is both a data management centre and a target for attack and, if breached, triggers a domino-type risk. Even more alarming is the fact that users are always passive in such platforms — data are stored, analysed and even sold on the platform, but cannot truly control their own information sovereignty, contrary to the core idea of the Web3 era of “data being owned by users”。

The warning of what happened is this: in a rapidly changing age of hacking technology, simple password protection is long gone. The decentrization technology and encryption mechanisms that web3 bring are the core solutions to the construction of a communications security line。

THE CHOICE OF GOD V: INDUSTRY LEADERS VOTE FOR CONFIDENCE IN ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS

Market pains often fuel a wave of innovation, and the rise of Web3 encryption is a direct response to the crisis at the centre. This type of application is based on the use of block-chain technology to construct a decentrized structure, which ensures that messages are available only to both the receiving and the sending parties and that the risk of data disclosure is addressed by technological sources, while the massive sponsorship of God V injects a powerful agent into the track。

On November 27th, V God donated approximately $760,000 ETH (256 ETH) to two encrypted communication projects, which was interpreted within the industry as "a declaration on privacy protection". In the context of the European Union ' s "Chat Control" proposal to strengthen regulatory controls, God has made it clear that these projects represent "the next step in the protection of privacy" and are a key tool in the fight against excessive surveillance — a statement that responds strongly to the security needs revealed by what。

• Session: De-centre information application based on the Oxen block chain, with the "no metadata leak" as its core advantage. Users can register without a mobile phone number or a mailbox, and information is transmitted via an onion-like network to ensure that no single node can trace the source or destination. The 128 ETH donated by God V will be used to optimize its privacy protocols and enhance its ability to respond to global privacy challenges。
• SimpleX: Plays a chat platform called "Exactly Encrypted" to enhance usability by synchronizing multiple devices while maintaining the principle of not storing any user identification. Its design of "no metadata, no server-dependent" successfully circumvents the risk of centralized storage, and another 128 ETH sponsorship will accelerate the expansion of its mobile-end ecology。

The choice of God is no accident. As top capital like a16z goes down to centralization of social projects, there is an industry-wide consensus that encrypted communication is not a small demand, but an ecological infrastructure for Web3. Which event happened, and the shift of this demand from "optional" to "necessary" accelerated the movement of users to encryption software。

ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE BASED ON BLOCK CHAINS AND DECENTRIZED TECHNOLOGIES THAT FULLY PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF USERS; END-TO-END ENCRYPTION (E2EE) IS PROVIDED TO ENSURE THAT INFORMATION IS VISIBLE ONLY BETWEEN SENDERS AND RECIPIENTS. EVEN IF THE SERVER WAS HACKED, HACKERS COULD NOT READ. IN ADDITION, DECENTRIZED STORAGE AVOIDS A SINGLE FAILURE POINT AND USER DATA IS DISTRIBUTED OVER THE NETWORK, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE RISK OF THEFT。

ENCRYPTED IM PANORAMA: WHO CAN CARRY THE FLAG OF PRIVACY PROTECTION

In addition to the two God V projects, there are now many well-developed encrypted communication tools in the Web3 field that build security lines from different dimensions。

Signal: Called the "gold standard" of encrypted communications, whose default end-to-end encryption mechanism is based on symmetric encryption algorithms and Diffie-Hellman key exchange agreements, and has been consistently praised by private activists such as Snowden. However, as a tool-based application, its functions focus on communication security and lack the synergy of the Web3 ecology。

SessionTo go further in terms of anonymity, the "unidentified" communications experience has been achieved through decentralised structures and onion route techniques. However, it is limited to a technical focus, which is more functionally homogeneous and difficult to meet the needs of users for social and transaction integration。

Element: Build based on the Martrix Open Source Protocol, which supports the user ' s own choice of connection nodes, with excellent decentrization. While its two-tiered encryption mechanism combines security and efficiency, multi-agreement compatibility also leads to a higher operational threshold that is more suitable for technical users。

XChat: The key feature of the Mask "Super APP" strategy is the construction of a bottom structure based on Rust language, using bitcoin-like elliptical curved encryption algorithms. Its core function, however, is limited to X Premium fee-paying users and is limited to the ecology of the X platform, and decentrization attributes and neutrality remain in dispute。

LuffaIt's a recent new decentrized application based on the Endless protocol, which is more thorough. Its unique distributed encryption technology, located as “Social App for the Safest Society in the World”, Luffa integrates a safe gene into every functional module: it does not need a registration mechanism for mobile phone numbers and mailboxes to keep identity information from the source; it ensures that messages are visible only to and from both sides, even when the platform itself cannot access content; and decentralised storage distributes data to global nodes to address the security concerns of a single server。

Even more noteworthy is the fact that Luffa has breached the functional boundaries of traditional encryption tools, integrating wallets, payments, AI assistants and small programs seamlessly. While users talk safely, they can directly perform encrypted money transfers, NFT transactions, and so on, the closed loop experience of social or ecological -- this is the core advantage of Web3 applications as distinct from traditional tools. At the same time, Luffa is exploring AI's autonomous intelligence direction and working to become a Web3 superconnector。

Luffa is now fully online with the Google Play and App Store, and the one-stop Web3 privacy social experience has become more popular with encrypted lovers and high net worth people as their "mobile privacy fortress". According to Luffa's latest published data, it now has over 1 million registered users。

Conclusion: In the Web3 era, privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury

The theft of micro-trusts, like a "pressure test", exposed the fatal defects of traditional communication tools and made the value of Web3 encryption widely known. From the God of V's sponsorship of Ssession, SimpleX to the rise of integrated applications like Luffa, the whole industry is responding to the demands of the times with technological innovation。

When privacy protection becomes a need, decentrization applications become the inevitable option. Security was never a luxury, but a fundamental right of every human being. In the face of the risks of the digital world, the choice of encryption software like Luffa is not just a choice of safer means of communication, but a choice of real data sovereignty — perhaps Web3's most precious gift to ordinary people。