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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

rolling their own crypto

No, it uses well-known, well-proven, standard crypto.

It also uses double-ratchet key management, much like what Signal does.

The reference server is a bit heavy if you're federating with large public rooms, but lighter alternative servers are available.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

they do have a special crypto usage which they have sensibly rewritten in Matrix 2.0