Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderThe landing page may be a bit too minimal in giving overview of this cool project. I really liked the direction towards real-time P2P networking, based on Iroh [0]. See the blog post about this [1]. > After almost two years of collaboration with the wonderful Iroh team, and years of discussions with numerous experts in the decentralization space, we are happy to announce that Delta Chat 1.48 apps on all platforms contain state-of-the-art Peer-to-Peer networking support, including hole punching…
I like this idea. I wonder how latency impacts the "live chatting" experience. Email protocols have specific impediments on egress and ingress: on one end to ensure that a sender isn't sending out spam (challenges, proof of work, etc), and on the other end to ensure the recipient isn't getting spam/malware/etc. Add to that SPF, DKIM, DMARC processing along the way... It's not uncommon to have conversations with a 3rd party along the lines of... - Did you get my…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 306
- Total comments
- 156
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-26 | Delta Chat: email-based instant messenger | ycmbntrthrwaway | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-02-21 | Delta ChatFirst breakout | AlphaWeaver | 141 | 56 |
| 2025-03-05 | Delta Chat – Email Based PGP Encrypted ChatBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | rzk | 163 | 100 |