@jun_gong thanks for the great question! There are certain similarities (for now) in terms of technology between Ready and Nansen Connect. However, it seems like Nansen Connect is designed to serve the tech- or crypto-savvy users, and users join groups based on their holdings. From their public statement, users are, to some extent, "assessed" and "grouped" based on their crypto holdings and on-chain behaviors. Messaging is more of an add-on feature to support Nansen's crypto-related features rather than the main one. At Ready, we aim to build a messaging app that is friendly to anyone regardless of how familiar they are with blockchain or crypto. We don't limit their choices in joining groups and channels (group/channel owners may have that permission, though) based on any criteria like their crypto portfolio whatsoever. We encourage community-building activities by offering multiple communication methods, assistant chatbots, and user-centric incentive structures (more are available at https://ready.io/whitepaper). In short, we believe that it's time for everyone to enjoy more private & secure virtual communication, and that privacy and security shouldn't be an exclusive option only for some particular user groups. I hope my reply can answer your question. Just let us know if you have any others. We're happy to address them.

@rrhoover so great to see you here. Thanks for stopping by! About your question, - users can feel the difference since they land in our app: no need to provide any personal data to start connecting with others. Signal still requires a phone number for user authentication. - Besides direct messages, Ready is designed to fulfill people's needs to build and belong to communities. Signal, on the other hand, tends to put privacy above all other factors, making it hard for communities to thrive there. + At Ready, we offer 1-1 chats, (public and private) groups, (public and private) channels (i.e. one-way groups) so it's easier to build and join communities. Eg. Imagine user A is an expert in industry X and would love to spread his knowledge, he can set up a public channel (only he can post) for any beginners to learn the basics and a private group for more lively discussions of the current trends in industry X (participants are supposed to have certain knowledge already). Having various forms of communication is beneficial for both community builders and casual users. + We'll offer assistant chatbots to owners/admins of groups and channels so that they can manage their communities more efficiently. + We plan to incentivize community builders to keep producing quality content by giving them the option of creating paid groups/channels. That way, they have both natural social pull and financial push to bring more value to others. - our app is designed to be straightforward and fun to use. Security needn't come with (lots of) compromised convenience. - one group of users that will find Ready particularly versatile to use is crypto owners. They can manage assets across chains, enjoy optimal swaps, send and receive payments right in 1-1 chats... Messaging is the main feature but we do offer some (minor) others related to crypto wallets. With the increasing volume of this group, we expect to see more people turn to products like Ready. Signal now allows only MobileCoin. I hope this comment can somehow address your question. More details about our product and related aspects can be found in our white paper: https://ready.io/whitepaper/ If you have any other questions, feel free to let us know. We're glad to answer them all!

@trangbq appreciate the thorough response, Trang! :)

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@leon_ou Thanks Leon! Hope to see you around in our community on Ready and our social media. I put below some links in case you'd like to have a look: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/goreadyio - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goreadyio - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company...