Let’s try an AMA

Traveling today, so may be sporadic

Crypto, tech, VC, talent, chess, poker, dumplings, etc…

founder @ paradigm, board member @ stripe, building & investing at the illegible frontier

Attempting excellence for the sake of it

Building something I can be proud of

Working with special, quirky people

Contributing to a more free society

https://warpcast.com/matthuang/0x534fa0c1

Research and engineering is core to the culture. We’re builders first, investors second.

We’re probably more tolerant of quirky strangeness.

In big 5 terms… probably higher O, lower C?

https://warpcast.com/matthuang/0x1d26e65e

How is Paradigm's culture different from Sequoia?

Maintaining 100% presence with an active toddler is so energy consumptive that it makes everything else seem easy by comparison.

So now, I find it has permanently raised my baseline energy capacity…

https://warpcast.com/matthuang/0x4ad7dc4e

learn anything new abt managing energy since becoming a dad?

Generations (jean m twenge) — great overview of changes across gen z, millennials, gen x, boomers, and silents

Countdown to Zero Day (kim zetter) — incredible story of stuxnet

https://warpcast.com/matthuang/0x31301016

I tend to favor primitives (bottoms-up, what’s newly possible) over narratives (top-down, what’s “hot”)

Not a unique insight, but I think frames is one of the most interesting new primitives in crypto

builder Universal and @alongside (alongside.xyz) — Casts that won’t put you to sleep — come /donothing with us

https://warpcast.com/matthuang/0x2fe7ebd1

the narrative your currently most excited about in crypto

for founders (and for the team at paradigm) 

energy/obsession is probably underrated relative to IQ (although we love IQ). it is amazing what can be achieved through sustained, compounding effort.

presence of superpower vs lack of weakness (“brilliant mutants”)

🕯️They/them. Scaled cos from 0-$300k in arr, 7-35 employees, 0-100k users. Now I make candles that give people love, joy, and delight at humankind.place

https://warpcast.com/matthuang/0x94f38485

What is an unusual trait you look for in founders that you believe is different from other VCs?

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what are your thoughts on prediction markets?

What the last onchain action you’ve done just for fun?

What opportunities are you most excited about in the Farcaster ecosystem?

I'm also low-key following everybody asking questions here, because one can be pretty sure these folks are smart! :D

daily art (glitch, dither, distortion) | ex-{Meta, MIT} | punk #3169 | Medici Emerging Artist | x.com/totdgbtagb | linktr.ee/totty.eth

can never go wrong with old reliable

i'm a LZS8WSLK man myself, prefer the versatility for my hydration needs

🍖  x 420

And why is it the FD7003L1Z in light gray granite?

favorite Elkay drinking fountain model number

What do you think about the current airdrop "meta".

It feels like the created "value" won't last long, as too many projects seem to fight over the same limited amount of liquidity.