Raven 3.0 is a new Raven. There is no Raven server and no account any more: your messages go straight to your friends, sealed for them alone, over the same WiFi or over Tor, and a friend you both trust can hold a sealed copy while one of you is away. The earlier Raven with a server has ended: its accounts, chats and Raven+ do not carry over. Open Raven, make your new identity, and add your friends again with their card and the ten security words.

• Fixed device pairing. Verifying a contact with the 60 digit safety number now works correctly • Strengthened post-quantum pairing. The ML-KEM key exchanged when you pair is now checked against the contact's signed key bundle, so a tampered key is rejected before it is ever used. • Reliability improvements to offline Bluetooth mesh delivery.

RAVEN 2.0 is a ground up rebuild around one idea: no servers, no account. • No account, ever. Your identity is a key generated on your device — no sign-up, no phone number, no email. • Fully serverless. Messages travel directly over Bluetooth mesh and an encrypted peer-to-peer internet bridge. Nothing lives on a central server. • Post-quantum security (ATSAM: X25519 + ML-KEM-768) layered over a Signal-class Double Ratchet. • Add people by scanning their QR code in person, keys are pinned out-of-band, so there's no one to impersonate them. • Photos, voice notes and files now travel the same serverless paths, online or offline. • Free forever: no subscriptions, no ads, no tracking, no data collection.

• Lightning-fast group chats with mesh-distributed encryption keys • Bridge now relays group messages from BLE-only friends to the cloud • Smarter in-app banners show full chat context at a glance • Liquid Glass refresh across the chat surface • Hardened ATSAM post-quantum sealer for 1:1 and group messages • Faster startup, smoother scrolling, smaller memory footprint

RAVEN 1.7 — ATSAM Protocol & Mesh-to-Internet Gateway This is our biggest release yet. v1.7 ships the production ATSAM security protocol, makes RAVEN the first consumer messenger with post-quantum pairing on Apple’s native CryptoKit, and turns any user with internet into an encrypted bridge for an entire offline neighborhood. NEW • Post-quantum hybrid pairing Every new conversation now negotiates a hybrid key using X25519 + ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203). Today’s encrypted messages stay safe even if a future quantum computer breaks classical crypto. • Mesh-to-Internet Gateway No internet in your area? A single nearby user with connectivity becomes an encrypted relay for the whole neighborhood. No other major messenger — Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Session — does this. • Apple Watch Live Activities Live audio rooms now show up in the Dynamic Island, with one tap to return into the room. Lock-screen banner included. • Shareable post previews on the web Every public post, profile, club, and audio room now unfurls beautifully on iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and Discord. The post itself is viewable on raven-messager.com without leaving your chat. • Private discovery Trusted friends recognize each other over Bluetooth without exposing usernames, phone numbers, or stable IDs. Identifiers rotate per session, so you can’t be tracked across coffee-shop visits. • 3-of-5 social key recovery Forget your passphrase? Recover your account with three trusted contacts. No server-side key escrow, no recovery email. • Sealed-sender hashed identity tokens Every outbound mesh envelope ships a 96-bit HMAC of your userId instead of the raw ID. A rogue relay can no longer correlate users to server accounts. SECURITY HARDENING • Forced plaintext-downgrade defense (only confirmed-legacy peers can authorize a downgrade) • Gateway beacons are Ed25519-signed and TOFU-pinned (kills the gateway-forging attack) • Routing-sinkhole resistance: the recipient-here forward boost is gated on a verified-trust check • Per-session Bonjour displayName rotation; static device fingerprint dropped from discovery info • Strict mesh envelope authentication; rejected sender-ID forging on first sight PERFORMANCE & FIXES • Direct-to-GCS video upload bypasses the 32 MB cap on cellular. Videos up to 95 MB (free) and 2 GB (RAVEN+) now upload reliably. • Live audio rooms: rebuilt join flow, room-locking, role-change token refresh, RAVEN+ stealth tier, and an end-to-end audit closing 11 bugs. • Fixed an “empty notification” regression where toasts containing invisible Unicode rendered blank. • Restored the in-feed Forward button. Bookmark, Forward, and Share now share a unified utility style. • Many small UI fixes across feed, profile, chat, and rooms. The full security stack is open at github.com/Raven-offline-messenger/raven-security. — Built solo in Helsinki / Tehran. Thanks for trusting us with your messages.

What's New in v1.6 • Sealed Sender — recipient-only encryption hides who's talking to whom • OPAQUE PAKE — passwords never leave the device • Encrypted Key Backup — restore your identity on a new phone • Mesh-to-Internet Gateway — online peers help offline friends reach the server • 180 day cross signed identity rotation • Reactions: bigger emojis, real backdrop blur, drag to pick (like iMessage) • Many bug fixes — including the long-press positioning + lag issues

RAVEN 1.5 — A huge update across comments, audio rooms, group chats, and the feed. EDIT & PIN COMMENTS • Edit your comment within 24 hours — fix typos without re-posting • Post owners can now pin any comment to the top of their post • A new menu (⋯) on every comment for Edit, Pin, Copy, Report, and Translate SMART @MENTION PICKER • Type @ in comments, posts, or chat → instantly autocomplete from people you know • Mentions now work for any username, including ones with dots or hyphens • Tap any @username to open that person's profile • Mention notifications now respect block lists TRANSLATE ANY COMMENT • Tap the menu → Translate • Free, on-device translation in dozens of languages (iOS 17.4+) TOP COMMENT & AUTHOR BADGES • The highest-voted comment auto-earns a Trophy badge • Comments by the post creator now show an "Author" tag • Reply threads have a new collapse/expand pill with the full count AUDIO ROOMS — Major Upgrades • Real-time updates: joins, leaves, raised hands, role changes appear instantly (no more 5-second lag) • Live waveform meter on every speaker tile — watch voices come alive • "Lock Room" now actually keeps strangers out • Host mute, mute-all, kick, and end-room are now enforced server-side (the muted person actually goes silent — previously only the UI flipped) • Long sessions no longer drop after one hour • Smoother listener-to-speaker promotion with minimal audio interruption • Cohosts can no longer kick each other (only the host can) GROUP CHATS • Instant real-time delivery via WebSocket — say goodbye to polling delay • Stronger forward secrecy: when someone is removed or leaves a group, the encryption key automatically rotates so they can no longer read new messages • Group invitations and mentions now respect block lists • Bridged mesh group messages now display correctly when delivered via the server FEED & POSTS • Tap the 1, 2, 3 numbers under multi-media posts to jump to any slide • Posts now support the same smart @mention picker • Multi-image carousel with smooth spring animations and active-slide highlight • Local feed crash fix — long scroll sessions now stay snappy CONCERT MODE • Faster join: picker now opens immediately when you tap "Join the venue" • Cleaner error messages when Location Services is off • 15-second timeout so you're never stuck on "Finding your venue…" SECURITY & PRIVACY • Stronger admin authentication • Stricter validation on cryptographic public keys • Group key rotation on member removal (real forward secrecy, not theatre) • On-device translation keeps your messages private — no server hop STABILITY & PERFORMANCE • Many crash fixes across the messenger and social tabs • Faster mesh-to-server bridging when you come back online • WebSocket reconnection cleaned up — fewer ghost states • Bounded memory caches in long-running sessions • Lots of small UI polish Thanks for using RAVEN — keep the feedback coming!

What's New Video Posts Fixed Video posts now play reliably across all feed types. Fixed a critical issue where videos reverted to static images after app restart. Faster Feed Loading Optimized feed performance with image prefetching, smarter pagination, and reduced network timeouts — your feed loads noticeably faster. Improved Media Viewer Swipe down to dismiss fullscreen photos and videos, just like Instagram. Smoother animations and better gesture handling. Chat Improvements Fixed ghost conversations after swipe-to-delete Faster comment loading with smart prefetching Improved message delivery reliability Better Notifications Lock screen notifications now appear reliably Bell icon on profiles for per-user notification control Toast notifications refined for cleaner look Audio Room Stability Dynamic Island support for active audio rooms Fixed multiple audio room bugs for smoother experience Smart battery optimization for background mesh Security & Privacy Enhanced encryption for mesh messaging Improved identity verification flow Better content moderation with AI triage Bug Fixes & Polish Fixed loading screen delays Improved scroll performance Various UI refinements throughout the app

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