We had hoped this day would never come, but Session has now entered its final 90 days of operation. If we are unable to reach our funding goal within this period, the Session Technology Foundation (STF) will be forced to shut down.
To date, the STF has received approximately $65,000 in donations. This is enough to maintain critical Session infrastructure for the next 90 days. We are extremely grateful for the support Session has received from the community, but unfortunately this is not sufficient to retain full-time developers. As a result, all paid staff and developers will have their final working day on April 9, 2026. After this date, some team members will continue on a primarily volunteer basis to help maintain Session until July 8, 2026.
Then it should be fine even without the org?
Edit: It will not be fine without the org, so the “decentralized” claim is a bit of a stretch. From their FAQ:
It’s not a stretch. Session is as decentralized as the Tor network. But just as with Tor, it has centralized people who manage the decentralized nodes and develope the software for them and the network.
so it’s not decentralized then. if one centralized group has to be around to control things or the whole network goes down, that’s not decentralized. that’s literally the exact opposite of the definition of the word decentralized.
Sorry, you very likely misunderstood me. The nodes are operated by other entities mostly independently (if we exclude the software), the Tor Project and in this case the Session foundation manage the index, get to decide which nodes to in-/exclude, etc.
so it works exactly like bluesky. would you say bluesky is decentralized?
Do those centralized Tor people also need 1m per year (which is Sessions donation goal), otherwise they shut the whole thing down?
Idk. But the Tor Project is doing quite well financially I think.
They do need to pay developers to get high quality software, which is especially for a message app centered around security.