While I agree that 37 seconds is slow enough to be noticeable in an intense conversation, I don't think it's a deal breaker. I don't think all text messaging i

While I agree that 37 seconds is slow enough to be noticeable in an intense conversation, I don't think it's a deal breaker. I don't think all text messaging is equal. If you want a realtime conversation with someone, you probably want to just jump on a call with them anyway. Furthermore, a system like this, with its extreme level of privacy (and the fact that you, at least at the moment, need a Go toolchain installed locally to even use it), seems to be tailored for a pretty specific kind of audience. That audience is the kind that values, and probably requires for their own personal safety, privacy above all else. 37 seconds of latency seems like a pretty reasonable trade off in that case.