Come discover Matrix, the open standard for interoperable, secure and decentralised, real-time communication, and learn how to join the federation from your Arch Linux machine!
Matrix is an [open standard](https://matrix.org/) for interoperable, secure and decentralised, real-time communication over the Internet. It can be used to power Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signaling, Internet of Things communication - or anywhere you need a standard HTTP API for publishing and subscribing to data whilst tracking the conversation history.
By self-hosting Matrix you begin to take control of your own data and your own communications. You also get to join an ever-growing federated network of over 40,000 servers, totaling over 18M users.
In this talk, I'll show you how to install Synapse, the reference Matrix server implementation, so you too can enter the Matrix.
