[$] The road to mainstream Matrix

Matrixprovides an open network for secure, decentralized communication. Ithas enjoyed some success over the last few years as an IRC replacementand real-time chat for a number of open-source projects. But adoptionby a subset of open-source developers is a far cry from the mainstreamadoption that Matthew Hodgson, Matrix project lead and CEO of Element (the company that createdMatrix), would like to see. At FOSDEM2025, he discussed thehistory of Matrix, its missteps in chasing mainstream adoption, itscurrent status, as well as some of the wishlist features for takingMatrix into the mainstream.