Episode Details

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