#44: Matt Galligan, Co-Founder & President @ XMTP | Building a web3 native messaging protocol that lets apps integrate DMs, alerts, and announcements

XMTP is one of the leading web3 messaging protocols. What were the early days of this project? What web3 native features they developed How they built a developer community around their protocol? How did they start handling DMs on Lens? This and much more in our conversation with Matt Galligan, Co-Founder & President @ XMTP.

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TIMESTAMPS:
01:48 Why they built XMTP
07:45 What were the early days of XMTP?
10:11 How they acquired their first users?
15:00 How XMTP built a partnership with Lenster?
17:07 How does XMTP work?
20:08 What were the hardest tradeoffs in the early days?
25:57 What web3-native features does XMTP have?
32:29 What’s conditional deliverability?
35:29 What are the most interesting apps built on top of XMTP?
40:03 Why most wallets still haven’t integrated DMs?
43:17 Let’s say it’s 2030 - how does web3 messaging look?
48:47 Most important metrics and factors for XMTP?
50:15 How do they track developers’ happiness?
50:52 Biggest surprises when building XMTP?
52:57 What would Matt fix about web3 with his magic wand?
54:24 What would Matt build if he wasn’t building XMTP?
57:07 Where you can learn more about XMTP