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Delta Chat

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Velocity5.0

Decentralized, encrypted messenger that works over the email network.

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Delta Chat is quietly replacing its email identity with relays

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◆Current state
Delta Chat desktop v2.65.0 adds pinned messages, message multiselect actions and a System default language option, and hides individual reactions from channel owners. v2.62.0 changed more of the foundation: relays can be removed, the default relay setting is gone, onboarding adds several relays, and email addresses are no longer shown for profiles. Contacts are also no longer shown as verified.
◆Where it's heading
The project is removing email from what users see and from how they think about identity, with relays taking its place as multi-path infrastructure. Fetching from every relay and sending through the fastest one treats a relay as replaceable, which matters for a federated messenger. Around that, the client keeps closing feature gaps with mainstream messengers through pinning, channel reactions and better group notification handling.
◆Prediction
Expect further relay management work, as the core notes show this is where the structural change is. Channels are the next most active surface, with reaction privacy already changing there.

◆Recent moves

  1. 17d ago

    Pinned messages arrive; channel reactions become anonymous totals

    Pinned messages and bulk resend and export arrive, while channel owners now see only reaction totals. A feature-parity release with one notable privacy decision on top.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Multi-relay onboarding; email addresses leave the profile list

    Relays become removable, the default relay setting disappears and onboarding adds several relays at once, while email addresses leave the profile list. This is the most structural release in the window, moving identity away from email.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Fixes the 2.59.0 unread-sync bug; Arabic, Telugu, Slovenian added

    A fast follow-up correcting messages that stayed unread when read on another device, tied to profiles created with the new Team Profile option. Three languages are added and the Tauri edition moves to its own repository; the notes are explicit that a fuller fix for the sync bug is still to come.

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  4. 3mo ago

    Channel post reactions and experimental Team Profiles

    Reactions arrive on channel posts and Team Profiles appear as an opt-in experiment at profile creation, alongside a long list of interface fixes. The Team Profile flag is what produced the unread-state regression patched a week later.

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  5. 3mo ago

    v2.57.0 release preparation

    A release-preparation commit updating the changelog. No user-visible change of its own.

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  6. 3mo ago

    OAuth removed; group member search and command palette added

    OAuth removed, with group member search and a command palette added in the same release. Trimming an authentication path while adding navigation surface is a fair summary of where this client's attention sits.

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