After twenty-five years, XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is still here. Against this backdrop, the recent funding round around XMTP (Extensible Message Transport Protocol), a newly launched blockchain-based protocol marketed as a universal messaging layer, raises questions. A Protocol That Never Went AwayXMPP is an open protocol for real-time messaging, designed from the start for federation and decentralization. XMTP: A New Protocol with a Familiar Name, but a Different ApproachXMTP is a blockchain-native messaging protocol developed by Ephemera. In short: XMPP can serve as a transport layer for Web3 communication without discarding two decades of protocol maturity.