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The Status community is discussing NIP-2, which proposes a new feature to easily find and connect with contacts from other communication channels. This feature would allow Status users to discover contacts from platforms like X or their phone address book, and start chatting with them in a private and secure way. While this feature could help bootstrap Status usage and improve user growth, it may reduce privacy to some extent. The community is encouraged to provide feedback and suggestions.

Status has introduced token-gated Community admin sections, allowing community owners to restrict access to certain communities and channels based on specific tokens. This feature grants view-only or view and post permissions. More information can be found at [website]. Status plans to release a blog post in the upcoming weeks to provide further details on this feature.

Status Desktop now provides tools for minting Community tokens, allowing for various uses such as managing membership, access to channels, assigning admin privileges, incentivizing participation, and monetizing a Community. The tokens can be minted as NFTs or ERC-20 tokens with optional attributes and permissions. Community owners can delegate token management and use the remote destruct token attribute to maintain control over the Community.

Status has been featured prominently in the latest ElectricCapital Developer Report. Despite bear market headwinds, Status has shown significant growth in monthly active developers and full-time developers, making it one of the fastest-growing crypto ecosystems. The report also highlights other insights, including the distribution of developers focused on DeFi and NFTs, the rise of non-Ethereum NFT ecosystems, and the geographical distribution of developers worldwide.

Status is inviting the community to participate in its 'New Initiative Proposal' (NIP) process to steer development efforts. One proposal being discussed is the introduction of an SNT staking mechanism. The NIP aims to align community incentives, increase engagement in governance decisions, and attract and retain users. Community members are encouraged to provide feedback and suggestions on the proposals on the forum. Eventually, SNT holders will have the opportunity to indicate their preferred initiatives.

Status emphasizes inclusivity and affordability by offering free access to its chat and community features. While some communities may require certain tokens for membership or access to specific channels, sending and receiving messages on Status is completely free and does not require any crypto holdings. The application is also compatible with Ethereum rollup layer-2 networks, which offer cheaper transaction fees compared to the Ethereum mainnet. The Status community is currently discussing the possibility of implementing a Status L2 Rollup on the Status forum.

Status has revamped its website to give users a sneak peek at the new features of its upcoming apps. One of the highlights is the new Status Wallet, which is a true multi-chain wallet that allows users to easily manage and send assets across multiple chains. The wallet automatically bridges assets for users, making it seamless and hassle-free.

Status is committed to privacy and building a decentralized social application. They have implemented privacy-preserving URL unrolls by having only the sender fetch data and share it with other participants over Waku_org, to avoid leaking the IP addresses of all message recipients.

Status has revamped its website to offer sneak peeks at upcoming features, including a simplified multichain wallet experience. The new experience includes a multichain address standard and intuitive UI, making transacting across multiple blockchains easier. Users do not need to have knowledge of different networks as everything works seamlessly.

Status is inviting the community to discuss new initiative proposals. The proposals include an SNT staking mechanism, the launch of a Status L2 Rollup, and pseudonymous contact discovery. Feedback from the community will determine the priority of these initiatives.