Built by someone who knows what silence means.

Mold is an encrypted messaging app that did not appear at the business meeting of an American startup. Mold was born thanks to the efforts of one person who watched countries sink into regime chaos and silence. Out of the belief that technology can return to people their lawful right to a voice.

This is only possible in the USA.

The United States remains the only country where the Constitution has recognized encryption as a constitutionally protected form of freedom of speech, where federal institutions actively fund tools to fight censorship, and where the legal system consistently defends the right to build an encrypted messaging app that authoritarian governments of other countries are trying to suppress.

The First Amendment

Code is speech. Encryption is the lawful freedom of expression of opinion.

In 1999, the US Federal Court of Appeals ruled that cryptographic source code is protected by the First Amendment: "the same way that mathematicians use equations or economists use graphs". For example, in Russia, the creation of a messenger without a phone number can lead to criminal prosecution. In America, building an end to end encryption messenger makes you a person exercising a constitutional right.

The tradition of rights and freedoms

America funds what dictators fear

The US government, through the Open Technology Fund, the State Department, and USAGM, has invested more than $400 million in internet freedom since 2008. Signal, Tor, WireGuard, Let's Encrypt, Psiphon, Briar, and much more, all funded by American taxpayers who believe that people everywhere deserve free communication and the protection of private correspondence.

The American people

A nation that understands

Americans know firsthand what it means to fight for the right to speak. It is built into the DNA of this country. From the Federalist Papers to the civil rights movements and the well-known crypto wars of the 1990s. The American people instinctively understand why tools like the encrypted messenger Mold must exist.

Alan Wiss

Many years of experience in software development and system administration with a focus on security architecture, infrastructure protection, and secure communications. Founder of Wiss Core and Mold Chat.

Mold is a secure messaging app that does not require a phone number for registration and works without a VPN. Created because no existing tool combines the three things that people in authoritarian countries actually need: encryption, delivery invisible to state analyzers, and a device that protects itself and its owner upon seizure. Mold was created to close the communication deficit gap in regime countries, drawing on two decades of practical experience in systems critical to security.

20+ years
in software development and system administration in the field of information security
90 days
were required to realize the idea, from concept to the most detailed specifications
2+1
higher engineering degrees and an advanced degree in software development and secure system architecture
"I watched friends, comrades, and acquaintances learn self-censorship. First in public, then in private chats, then in their own thoughts..."

Alan Wiss

Our values.

01

People first

The best solution begins with a person. Not with investments, not with government ideas, not with market demand. With ordinary people. It is precisely such people that are the foundation of the existence of Mold.

02

Trust through transparency

Mold does not ask you to trust it. Mold asks you to verify. A messenger with open source code that allows anyone to check every line of its code. The most secure messaging app publishes transparency reports every six months. If we ever betray these values, the proof will become public before we can hide it.

03

Democracy must be supported

We believe in democratic institutions, the rule of law, and the rights enshrined in the US Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We act in full compliance with US law and cooperate with lawful requests from US authorities. We reject the demands of authoritarian regimes. This is not a neutral position; it is a moral law.

04

Strength in simplicity

Mold is an end to end encryption messenger for hidden communication, requiring no VPN, with only 3 external server dependencies. We choose the smallest possible attack surface. Nothing extra. Nothing personal.

05

A secure messaging app for the worst day

Many products are designed for ordinary daily use: a fast network, a safe environment, friendly app stores. Mold is designed for the worst-case scenario: a blocked internet, a seized phone, hostile regime security forces, forensic examination. If Mold works on the worst day of your life, it will also work on the best.

06

Love instead of hate

We create Mold not because we hate some government. We create it because we love the people whom these governments are forcing into silence. Today, about 4.2 billion people live under the pressure of internet censorship and deserve the same freedom of speech that Americans take for granted. Mold is an act of love disguised as technology.

Our bold path

This block is updated as the project of the most secure messaging app develops. Checked items are completed. Everything else is just beginning.

Done

Phase 1. Foundation

  • Complete architecture specification and threat modeling
  • Public site and project documentation
  • GitHub repository setup
  • Launch of social communities (Telegram, Discord, Twitter/X)
  • Contact forms and public feedback
Next

Phase 2. MVP (basic version)

  • Messaging server with end-to-end encryption based on Noise Protocol XX
  • Web client for browser access
  • Android client of the protected messenger with native encryption
  • Implementation of daily domain rotation to prevent blocking
  • Organization of traffic camouflage systems
  • Reverse proxy with cover site for protection from active probing
  • Real-world testing under censorship conditions
Plan

Phase 3. Public beta

  • Independent security audit
  • Multi-channel distribution of the Mold distribution (direct, F-Droid, IPFS)
  • First transparency report
  • BIS export notification and NCMEC registration
Future

Phase 4. Full implementation of the secure messenger

  • iOS client
  • Device protection: app disguise, double password, emergency wipe
  • Anti-spyware firewall with real-time traffic monitoring against authoritarian state spyware
  • Guardian Wipe and Dead Man's Switch
  • Group messages, file exchange, and voice messages in the messenger for hidden communication
  • Localization to other languages
Vision

Phase 5. Sustainable development

  • Migration to post-quantum cryptography
  • A messenger without internet, an offline mesh network
  • Cross-platform desktop client
  • Premium tier for advanced features and sustainable development
To everyone who has ever deleted a message before sending, not because it was wrong, but because around you a repressive lawlessness is unfolding. To everyone who has learned to speak in general phrases with their own family. To everyone who knows how much their own phone weighs in their pocket while passing by the police.

I created this for you.

Mold is a secure and protected messenger. And it is still far from perfect. However, the first spore is already sprouting. And, if the process has begun, nothing can stop it anymore.

Alan Wiss, 2026

Mold is a free messenger for hidden communication

No advertising. No investors. The encrypted messenger Mold is created on the conviction that 4.2 billion people deserve the right to protection of private correspondence. If this is familiar and dear to you, even a small contribution helps to support development and to spread our messenger for anonymous communication among those who need it most.

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Hold Mold by the hand and always be near. You are the kind of person who, just like us, absolutely supports freedom of communication and the protection of private correspondence.

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All contributions go to development, infrastructure support, and operational expenses. Wiss Core is a commercial company. Contributions are not the basis for a tax deduction in the USA.

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