Let’s try an AMA

Traveling today, so may be sporadic

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

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

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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?

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

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

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?

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?

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How is Paradigm's culture different from Sequoia?

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what are your thoughts on prediction markets?

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

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

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

Favourite dumpling filling and why is it coriander beef?

favorite Elkay drinking fountain model number