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Velocity5.0

Decentralized end-to-end encrypted messenger built on the OPTF network — no phone numbers, no metadata.

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Session ships new app versions and node upgrades while Pro stays on hold.

private messagingpost-quantumsession procommunity fundeddecentralised network
◆Current state
Session's 2026 started with a funding scare, then community support restored its runway in June. Session Pro reached a beta in app stores in September before its launch was paused in October during talks with an allied privacy ecosystem. Since then the work is infrastructure: lighter Session Node software, an update on Protocol v2, and on November 9 new iOS, Android and Desktop releases with further voluntary node upgrades and progress on a unified client.
◆Where it's heading
With Pro paused, Session is spending its effort on the network and the client codebase: lighter nodes, Protocol v2 with forward secrecy and post-quantum encryption, and one client for all platforms. Monetization waits on the outside talks.
◆Prediction
Expect a Protocol v2 alpha or the unified client to be the next visible release; Pro's timing depends on talks the entries do not detail.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4d ago

    Development Update - New Releases and Session Node Upgrades

    New releases on all three platforms plus optional node upgrades and unified-client progress. It continues the infrastructure focus that replaced the paused Pro launch.

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  2. 26d ago

    Smaller nodes, stronger encryption: Oxen 11.7, Storage Server 2.12 and Session Router 1.1

    Optional node upgrades make Session Nodes lighter on disk, memory and CPU, improve message storage reliability and bring forward-secret, post-quantum encryption to Session Router. Network-side progress on the Protocol v2 plans described earlier.

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  3. 1mo ago

    Session Protocol v2: An Update on PFS, Post-Quantum and Linked Devices

    An update on Session Protocol v2: perfect forward secrecy, post-quantum encryption and stronger linked-device management, covering what is built and what is still being designed. A progress report, with funding sought through a privacy grant round.

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  4. 1mo ago

    Session is taking part in Octant's Epoch 13 privacy round

    Session was selected for Octant's Epoch 13 Privacy Round, a community funding round. A funding notice with no product change.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Development Update - Stability Fixes and Network Improvements

    Session Pro's launch is paused while talks with an allied privacy ecosystem continue, as work carries on toward Protocol v2, external payments and a unified client. The pause is the news here, since it delays a paid tier.

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  6. 2mo ago

    Session Pro beta submitted to app stores

    The Pro beta was submitted to the app stores for review, the furthest the paid tier got before the October pause on its launch.

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