Matt is an early internet adopter, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of XMTP, an open protocol and network for secure web3 messaging. We chat with Matt about the current issues with multi-platform messaging and how XMTP is solving them.
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Name: Matt Galligan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mg
Website: https://xmtp.org/
XMTP v2 launched Dec 2022 - https://xmtp.org/blog/xmtp-v2-is-here
Matt’s personal site: https://galligan.xyz/Orb's recent mobile app launch: https://twitter.com/orbwagmi/status/1618659601154715649
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⏱ TIME POINTS ⏱
00:00 - Intro
04:55 - Matt’s rabbit hole story
07:16 - #607 person on twitter
08:55 - Why did Matt get into tech
12:09 - Why do we need a new form of communication
17:05 - Owning your communication
18:21 - Why isn’t email a solution?
21:15 - What is XMTP?
28:38 - How does XMTP work?
34:20 - What is the incentive model?
40:48 - What is Matt’s strategy?
48:39 - Where are we going to communicate with web3?
53:38 - How are we going to manage the information
56:26 - Public goods
01:06:12 - XMTP updates
01:07:57 - Quick questions
01:10:34 - Final thoughts