Why MetaMask Snaps is a Big Deal with Co-Founder, Dan FinIay
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🗓️ 15 September 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
MetaMask just released MetaMask Snaps at Permissionless II. Why is this such a big deal? Is this crypto’s “Chrome extension” moment? Is this how we onboard crypto’s next billion users? We welcome creator and Co-Founder of MetaMask, Dan Finlay on the show to help us explore all of these questions and much more.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
5:05 MetaMask Snaps Explained
7:55 Extensions
10:50 MetaMask Snap Demo
22:40 Sci-Fi Snaps
26:23 Mobile
27:10 Chrome Extensions
28:45 Permissionless Snaps?
32:34 Snaps Multi-Year Journey
38:28 Are Snaps Secure?
42:55 What Info Should Snaps Have?
46:30 Smart Contract Wallets
48:25 Account Abstraction Wallet
50:24 Safe UX
52:50 What Devs Need to Know
54:50 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
Dan FinIay
https://twitter.com/danfinlay
MetaMask Snaps
https://metamask.io/snaps/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Bankless Station, here I am from Permissionless 2 on Why Snaps is a big deal. |
| 0:08.9 | Metamass Snaps just launched at Permissionless, and I think you should know a little bit |
| 0:14.2 | about it. |
| 0:15.8 | This is a solo podcast. |
| 0:16.8 | It's just me. |
| 0:17.8 | David is off, partying at some events I think right now. |
| 0:19.9 | I'm about to join him, but before we do, want to give you this episode on Metamass Snaps. |
| 0:26.0 | This is like a browser extension, only for your Metamass crypto wallet. |
| 0:31.0 | I think it unlocks a lot of potential. |
| 0:34.6 | We're going to talk about why it's a big deal, what you can do on it today, how you can |
| 0:38.9 | glow up your Metamass wallet, and we have Dan Finley, who is the co-founder of Metamass. |
| 0:45.2 | He's been in the space forever as the original Ethereum OG wallet, and to see how Metamass |
| 0:50.4 | has developed is pretty exciting. |
| 0:52.6 | You can see the passion for which he has as we go through this episode. |
| 0:57.4 | So guys, we're going to get right to the episode. |
| 0:59.4 | First, we disclose Metamass is a sponsor of Bankless, but of course, that's not why we |
| 1:03.0 | did the episode. |
| 1:04.1 | We did this episode because this is an awesome product that you need to hear about. |
| 1:08.0 | We are long-term investors, not journalists. |
| 1:10.0 | We don't do paid content. |
| 1:11.2 | There's a link to all bankless disclosures in the show notes at all times. |
| 1:14.8 | All right, guys, let's get right to the episode with Dan. |
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