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+title: "SimpleX Channels, SimpleX Network Consortium and Community Crowdfunding - to Preserve Freedom of Speech"
+date: 2026-04-28
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+# SimpleX Channels, SimpleX Network Consortium and Community Crowdfunding - to Preserve Freedom of Speech
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+**To be published:** Apr 28, 2026
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+This is a permalink for a blog post about:
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+- SimpleX Channels - a new model for online publishing that preserves participation privacy, protecting both user and network operators. It is being released in v6.5
+- SimpleX Network Consortium - a cross-jurisdictional governance and licensing structure to ensure long term availability and sustainability of SimpleX Network.
+- Testing the water for community crowdfunding under Reg CF.
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+## SimpleX Channels - more public, more freedom, more private
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+TODO
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+## SimpleX Network Consortium - to govern SimpleX Network
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+TODO
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+## Community Crowdfunding
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+TODO
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+*Register your interest* to participate in crowdfunding here: https://simplexchat.typeform.com/crowdfunding
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+Join the channel for updates here: https://smp4.simplex.im/g#g6pdBGlLoeOwqYmbmyvRye8EBiFd2inNUzKc87Pt3y4
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+_Disclaimer: SimpleX Chat is testing the waters for a possible Reg CF offering. We’re not asking for or accepting any money right now, and we won’t accept any if sent. We can’t accept any offers to buy securities or take any payments until the official filing is done and it’s live through a regulated platform. Our testing the waters and your possible indications of interest doesn’t create any obligation or commitment of any kind._