What happened to Pond?

[Mirimir]

On 05/29/2016 01:27 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> "*Pond is in stasis*, and has been for several years. I hope that some
> of the ideas prove useful in the future, but people should use
> something [better polished and reviewed](https://whispersystems.org).
> I've no plans to shutdown down the default server, but **new users
> should look elsewhere**."  -- agl at github

You need a telephone number to use that Whisper Systems stuff, right?

Setting up Pond servers isn't hard. A friend is working on a how-to.

But then there's the Panda exchange server :(