Shane Mac of XMTP | The Power of Web3 Messaging

Shane walked us through his long history in the world of messaging and working with Web2 giants including Facebook bots, Ebay, and email clients, in his journey to make connecting with each other more human. Shane is an experienced start-up founder with a refreshing vision and outlook on how to bring Web3 to the next billion users. Topics Covered in this episode:Shane’s background in the messaging space and his journey into Web3Technical goals of XMTP and how to drive network effects without the cold start problemRecent developments of XMTP including launching with Coinbase WalletHow XMTP Web3 messaging worksJOIN THE COMMUNITYTBP Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebtcpodcastHashing it Out Discord: https://discord.gg/eCwSWRyzamRESOURCES:Shane X - https://twitter.com/ShaneMacXMTP Website - https://xmtp.org/XMTP X - https://twitter.com/xmtp_XMTP Discord - https://discord.com/invite/xmtpCoinbase Announcement - https://xmtp.org/blog/coinbasewalletConverse App X - https://twitter.com/converseapp_TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Intros01:45 - Facebook, Email, and connecting with stranger driving acquisition by Blackberry03:10 - Creating form factor messaging experiences in crypto06:30 - Identities, Messaging, and Privacy – A demo of Coinbase Wallet09:00 - Selectively disclosing and the analogy to Apple’s “hide me email”13:30 - UX, intuitive design and more user experience into Web316:30 - P2P messaging infrastructure of XMTP and owning your messages18:50 - The lifecycle of a message in XMTP23:20 - Breaking the shackles of Web2 walled gardens 25:00 - Web3 brings in new models outside of “Value is Data”27:28 - A world where no one knows XMTP exists and any wallet address can communicate29:30 - Marketplace and network dynamics – the network has a lesser take rate than the app31:05 - What drives revenue and growth?35:00 - Wallets are just managements of various types of identity and being chain agnostic36:31 - Universal inbox, spam prevention, filtering - Converse App example42:40 - Onboarding into web3 was painful but it’s getting easier44:55 - Coinbase Wallet partnership and messaging as the heart of the universe46:44 - Focus and roadmap ahead47:50 - Is what you do hard? Drawing from past experiences
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