Shane Mac

The other night I had dinner with a friend who was locked in.

This morning I came across a search from about a year ago.

Hakone, Japan.

May 2026, 4 p.m.

This is my first blog post I’m publishing from just messaging my little agent on the Convos app.

TLDR: Someone combined Bluetooth mesh messaging with XMTP's decentralized protocol, without anyone arranging it, and the result is communication no government can fully shut down.

This post was originally published on the XMTP blog.

I need to talk about something I don't see anyone talking about.

The team at Freedom Factory has been working on a new device that will come out in 2026.

The Base App is officially live to the world.

Group chats are broken.

We launched a secure chat app on XMTP this week with World Chat.

Every major messaging system still assumes you can trust a username, a voice, or a video.

Every year, a16z puts out its Big Ideas List.

The experience I had on Base App this morning reminded me of some of my first mobile experiences back in the day.

Earlier today, I saw a post from Fred Wilson about his new Seeker Device.