I'm planning to organize a massive giveaway for new memo users from other platforms when Pings @, Hashtags # and private messages (encrypted or not) will be fully functional on memo.
@TrashPoster those are all planned for medium term. Also have plans to start new accounts off with a few sats but no tipping or key export until they fund it.
Good to hear. Will you set an address so people can contribute to the newbee funding?
I would like to see the topics page replaced by hashtags.
Not a bad idea. The concepts are definitely similar and could be combined. We'll see how it evolves.
XV in your Telegram, can you @ me in the chat when you do so I can share please?
Can you explain how private messages would work in 184 characters? To me it seems counter intuitive to a public blockchain. Just curious. :)
Encrypted data isn't necessarily that big. The chances of your data being cracked is about equal to chances bitcoin signatures are cracked. Quantum computers in the future may though.
How likely is it that quantum computers could become mainstream before important infrastructure upgrades their cryptography?
Since the encrypted messages are written to the blockchain indefinitely, someone could go back and decrypt old messages.
The NSA is keeping a record of everything sent over ISP channels. Someone at least potentially has these messages anyway. Anything sent over the internet has this problem.
That's a really good point, I hadn't thought of that. While likelihood of storage is much lower with internet traffic, it's still possible.
What is more important, that their is a model for storing data, that is _not_ advertisement driven and that does not vanish as long as you pay for it.
Keyport is doing that. 184 caracters is not a problem, you just have to send the message in multiples transactions, and encrypt it with the public address of the receiver
