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  "path": "/t/session-will-shut-down-on-july-8th-unless-they-raise-1-million-dollars-in-funding/36409?page=3#post_55",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-13T21:56:18.000Z",
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  "textContent": "beantaco:\n\n> What is the Session Technology Foundation (STF) doing that is too much to ask the community to do?\n\nReleases for multiple platforms, and all the Q&A and fixes that entails. Governing the “dev wallet” hardcoded into the protocol. Whatever is happening on Arbitrum, smart contracts etc.; I can’t keep track of that frankly. Rewriting Lokinet and trying to integrate it into the protocol, while the existing onion request implementation needs to keep working. Issuing hard forks for the work chain (remains of Oxen) as the node code gets updated, while the work chain that communicates with the Arbitrum chain, which includes some testnet work I would assume. Maintaining their staked nodes (for what is now very little ROI) and monitoring network node health overall. Maintaining the central file server. Receiving bug reports from everyone. Writing blog posts. Running their Community server.\n\nAnd I’m sure there are things I’ve missed. And yes, you could reduce this list to focus on the important stuff, to make it somehow maintainable. Still, in a way, they’ve made themselves indispendible.\n\nIt is in my opinion very telling that the business plan is on its knees even after using its get-out-of-jail-free card. It’s almost as though chasing growth is a short-sighted approach for a project of this caliber. We’ve seen many open source projects succeed thanks to contributor-based governance models, and yes, they come with their own challenges, such as slow decision making — and Session definitely can’t reach the same grants as more mainstream foundations might. But they could’ve gone this route on day 1. They could have; instead, they relied on a crypto-based incentive structure that promised to generate value based on the value of the product.\n\nIt seems the outside world may be setting Session on the right track after all. After I spent so much time taping over the app’s imperfections, it also feels freeing to me to “let the chips fall where they will.” Only time will tell how much the project will change to mirror the tried-and-true patterns of FOSS. But I strongly suspect it won’t come out looking the same.",
  "title": "Session will shut down on July 8th unless they raise $1 million dollars in funding"
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