Shane Mac is building a crypto-native communication protocol for web3. Similar to SMTP for email, XMTP will enable communication between existing crypto wallets via its own independent protocol and decentralized network. They have raised a $20M Series A from a16z Crypto, with participation from other popular funds and strategic angels.

We talk about the origin story of XMTP, learnings from interviewing Gary Vee, being young and lucky, writing book at 23, entrepreneurship and much more.

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GUEST LINKS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shanemac

Blog: https://blog.shanemac.com/

CONNECT

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OUTLINE

(0:00) - Young and Lucky

(12:22) - Getting calmer

(18:31) - Gary Vee

(25:37) - Hosting Podcast

(30:57) - Great podcast episode

(32:08) - Heavy Conversations

(40:33) - Culture

(42:50) - Writing Book

(52:00) - Entrepreneurship

(59:06) - XMTP

(01:04:25) - Meaning of Life

TOP EPISODES

77: Shashank Kumar, Founder of Razorpay [Hindi]

75: Kyla Scanlon, Founder of Bread

74: Adam Jackson, Co-founder of Braintrust

68: Natalie Brunell, Host of Coin Stories Podcast

62: Suumit Shah, CEO of Dukaan [Hindi]

Past guests of Billion Moonshots include Shashank Kumar, Suumit Shah, Natalie Brunell, Danielle Strachman, Chirag Taneja, Suhas Motwani, Aditya Mohanty, Jan-Philipp Peters, Mo Islam, Peer Richelsen, Justin Nguyen, Paul Griffiths, Gautam Gupta, Sang Le, Rahul Rana, Grace Ling, Joseph Choi and many more.