Blog
Notes from
the Krypton Ø team.
How Krypton Ø works, why it’s built this way, and what’s new.
How can a social network work if its server can’t read your posts?
On Krypton Ø, every post is locked on the writer’s phone with its own key, and that key travels in a separate sealed envelope for each reader. Here’s how it works, step by step, and what the server can still see.
Krypton Ø, Telegram, KakaoTalk and Signal: what’s encrypted by default?
Telegram and KakaoTalk end-to-end encrypt only optional secret chats. Signal encrypts chats and calls by default. Krypton Ø (Krypton zero) encrypts posts, profiles, chats and calls by default and needs no phone number. A side-by-side look.
What is Krypton Ø (Krypton zero)?
Krypton Ø, read “Krypton zero” or just Krypton, is a closed social network for people who already know each other. Here’s what it does, who it’s for and how it keeps posts, chats and calls private.
Why Krypton Ø has no open sign-up
You can only join Krypton Ø (Krypton zero) through someone who already knows you. Here’s why we built it that way, what Backers are, and how to get in if you don’t know a member yet.