Hey all,
Really excited with how we're closing out the year here and going into our last week of work before the holiday break. The last few weeks have felt mega productive and that we've really been finding the direction that we needed to hit the ground running hard come the next year. We're seeing more and more demand for messaging in web3, and interest everywhere for a decentralized back-end. All of the ingredients for a very interesting year in 2022 seem to be in place.
As we close out this year, I have to say how very thankful I am for us to be on this journey together. We've assembled a great team, have a great set of backers, and just the right mission at the right time. Now we're set up to take full advantage of the deck that's been set out for us.
With 2021 coming to an end, I hope you all are able to get some good R&R over the holidays and enjoy time with family and friends, where possible and safe. By EOW we should be ready to rocket into 2022 with so much great opportunity in front of us.
Thanks all, Matt
Last week goals
December 13-17 [x] Propose overall launch scope and timeframe [x] Define pseudonymity and privacy expectations for launch [x] Draft framework for milestones and phases
Next week goals
December 20-23 [] Assess timeline and feasibility of Q1 SDK launch [] Prep for 2022 kickoff
XMTP Updates
- Nicholas Molnar has accepted and will be joining the team in late January!
- @shanemac had a great conversation with Brantly from ENS (Notes)
- We decided to postpone the Q1 team in-person due to Omicron (Link)
- We decided on sender/receiver address observability for now (Link)
Crypto industry news
- Nike buys NFT studio RTFKT (Link)
- Shill extraordinaire Tai Lopez bought the Radio Shack brand and is relaunching it as a Uniswap-like service (Link)
What we are reading/listening to
- Hasu, a researcher for Paradigm, sits down with the StarkWare team to discuss zero-knowledge technology and StarkNet (Link)
A week in the life with @mg0716
So @shanemacgithub tapped me to put up my week last week, but uh…it's been a busy few more days 😅 so we're doing it now.
The last two weeks I've been moving into the place that I was lucky enough to find for my little dude and I. It's been quite the process so far because there were a few things I wanted to get done with the house before moving in. Here's a few shots of how things sit so far:
The day I closed!
First sunrise from the new place
Nash checking out his new play room
Little man helping papa build some nightstands
Water in the basement because of some problem with my well already 😂
Got the sunroom painted black (whole idea is to bring the outside in)
And that's it!