improve report blog post and add authors

blog/2026-05-01-final-report.md

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 slug: final-report
-title: RCBox + ExtendEast - Final Report
+title: Spring 2026 Update!
-authors: [nxf99]
+authors: [trob,nxf99,fabby]
-tags: []
+tags: [funding]
 ---
 
-**Executive Summary**
+We recently completed a four month intensive development sprint, supported by the [Open Technology Fund](https://www.opentech.fund/), focused on improving support for the Eastern European context in ButterBox. Our previous community building and adoption efforts for ButterBox have focused on Latin America and Southern Africa. This latest round of work helped us expand our understanding, threat and risk modeling, and feature set to better support people and communities facing internet shutdowns and lack of connectivity in the Eastern European region. Through our collaboration with regional partners, we successfully tuned the solution to better meet their needs, while collaborating to produce new localized documentation and content packs.
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-This report covers our second major deliverable for the RCBox “Extend East” program running from December 2025 through the end of March 2026 funded by OTF. The first project deliverable was focused on Objective 1, which was to onboard and develop an overall work plan for the project with our regional partners. This also included user research and threat modeling, all of which were completed and reported on in January 2026. This work helped guide the rest of the program to a successful completion.
-This deliverable report covers the outcomes and outputs of the remaining Objectives 2 through 6, all of which were successfully completed. Details of each Objective, Deliverable, and Outcome are provided in our “Objectives & Outcomes” table below.
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-The major technical highlights achieved were a complete overhaul of the “portal” user interface and admin panel, the successful coexistence and communication between multiple RCBox instances, the addition of support for fully offline delay-tolerant secure messaging (DeltaChat!) between one or more of those boxes, and the successful test of Wifi HaLow radios with IP routing to extend the physical range and number of RCBox instances for viable communication.
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-Through our collaboration with the regional partner, we successfully tuned the solution to better meet their needs and threat models, while collaborating to produce new localized documentation and content packs.
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 **Overall key achievements included:**
 
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 - Maintenance & Security: New methods for offline updates and administrative management were established, and a comprehensive tamper resistance guide was developed to protect the ecosystem.
 - Research & Collaboration: Testing confirmed the viability of long-range wireless networks, while local partners provided ongoing feedback and testing support.
 
-In summary, this rapid four-month sprint supported a major step forward for the capabilities, security, and relevance of the RCBox project for the Eastern European context and threat model. We are on the cusp of shipping all of this new functionality and documentation as part of a major new release, and deeply appreciate the support from this funding that got us to this point.
+In summary, this rapid four-month sprint supported a major step forward for the capabilities, security, and relevance of the ButterBox project for the Eastern European context and threat model. 
 
 [Read the full report](pathname:///files/FINAL_REPORT_RCBox_ExtendEast-April_2026.pdf)
 

blog/authors.yml

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ nxf99:
 fabby:
   name: Fabby
   title: Community Lead
-  image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30851?v=4
+  image_url: https://likebutter.app/img/butter-app-logo-small.svg
 
 trob:
   name: Tiff
   title: Project Coordinator
-  image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30851?v=4
+  image_url: https://likebutter.app/img/butter-app-logo-small.svg
 
 irl:
   name: Iain