Ask HN: What Happened to Keybase.io?

This previous discussion is extremely relevant https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28814210

I really like Keybase, I'm glad it's not been shut down yet but I'm not sure how it can continue existing like this for long.

Just one example of the continuing use of Keybase: the Chia Network uses Keybase Chat as its sole official communication tool for its community. More than 20,000 members and hundreds of messages per day. Why Keybase and not Telegram? Because identities can not be faked on Keybase. Private messaging on Telegram (and on Discord) is full of scams because of faked identities.

Another example of possible use: the Keybase File System, for private or public sharing of files.

> Not updated anything since

The codebase is still being updated:

https://github.com/orgs/keybase/repositories?type=all

IMO lost their way dabbling in crypto and then acqui-hired.

def dead IMO.

Im still using & love their end to end encrypted git but im worried it might disappear at some point. There doesnt seem to be any alternatives.

I use it daily for work, and my entire family uses it for our group chat. The codebase is still maintained. I adore the project. Zoom buying them was tragic considering zoom is one of the worst apps I have to use and Keybase is one of the best. I’m really glad they haven’t killed it yet!

I still use it daily, but from all external views my account would look inactive.