Status.im Invests $5M in Riot.im
I have never heard of Status.im[0], but I'm glad that the Matrix protocol[1] and it's major[2] client implementation Riot.im[3]—received significant financial resources.We, a small group of tech-savvy people, tried to use Riot client in the early summer of 2017, but it was far from being convenient for work needs. Poor UI/UX, overcomplicated E2E-keys sharing, sluggish interface (Electron, as you might have guessed) and awful mobile app. I'm not sure of the current status, but I hope now they'll be able to increase the pace of development and quality of the product, since Matrix is an excellent, federated post-XMPP/IRC protocol, which we lack today.Upd: references and clarifications.[0] https://wiki.status.im/The_Status_Network_Whitepaper[1] https://matrix.org/docs/guides/faq.html#what-is-matrix[2] https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html[3] https://riot.im/