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People Don't Find DAOs, DAOs Find Them w/Jon Hillis
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May 24th · On this episode of Rehash, we’re talking with Jon Hillis, Co-Founder of Cabin DAO. Cabin DAO is a community for web3 creators and an experiment in decentrali...
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How I got a full-time job in web3 (And how you can, too!)
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4 min read · May 24th · Back in January, I got rejected or ghosted from every single job I applied to in web3 (including part-time ones). Now, I’m working full-time as a Product Marketing Manager at Layer3, a web3 platform…
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Key learnings from DAOs
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5 min read · May 23rd · A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is a group organized around a specific mission that coordinates through a shared set of rules enforced on a blockchain. DAOs themselves are just…
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Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report
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7 min read · May 17th · The 2022 State of Crypto report is a16z crypto's first-ever data-driven overview and analysis of web3 and crypto.
Reader View · Shared by 181, including Bill Johnston, Chris Messina, Dave McClure, cdixon.eth, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dion Hinchcliffe, Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Euler
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Mapping the web3 Identity Landscape
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~13 min read · May 16th · A deep dive into user-centric ownership, portability and composability, identity frameworks, fraud prevention, DAO assembly, and beyond.
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Harvard Business Review
Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland
Harvard Business Review
9 min read · May 11th · Web3 is off to a rocky start. Optimists may rattle on about progress on the horizon, but at present the space is rife with fraud, hacks, and collapses. In this Q&A with Web3 critic Molly White,…
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 50, including Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Dorothea Baur (Dr.), Gergely Orosz, Scott Monty, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
Harvard Business Review
Why Build in Web3
Harvard Business Review
7 min read · May 16th · A major change is coming to the internet. While today’s dominant platforms have guarded their troves of user data and maintained an advantage through network effects, new companies — working in what…
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 80, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Dr. Sally Eaves #TechForGood #GartnerSummitEMEA, Brock Pierce, علي, Vala Afshar, cdixon.eth, Dion Hinchcliffe, Alex Tabarrok, Kelly Hungerford 🌻
Li Jin
A Theory of Justice for Web3
Li Jin
~11 min read · May 12th · Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet
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The Ownership Economy 2022
Variant
~13 min read · Apr 28th · A primer on the state of web3
Reader View · Shared by 216, including Andrew Spence, Li Jin, Christian Hartmann, Jonathan Kogan, Merkstatt, Chris Messina
Boston Consulting Group
The Corporate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Metaverse
Boston Consulting Group
~18 min read · May 2nd · Forward-looking companies may want to experiment with the new technologies at work.
Reader View · Shared by 188, including Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Jim Marous 💯, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA, @wef @davos #wef22 R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A Metaverse, Nige Willson, ipfconline 🇺🇦
a16zcrypto.com
Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report
a16zcrypto.com
7 min read · May 17th · The 2022 State of Crypto report is a16z crypto's first-ever data-driven overview and analysis of web3 and crypto.
Reader View · Shared by 181, including Bill Johnston, Chris Messina, Dave McClure, cdixon.eth, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dion Hinchcliffe, Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Euler
Current Affairs
Why This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should “Die in a Fire” ❧ Current Affairs
Current Affairs
20+ min read · May 14th · UC-Berkeley’s Nicholas Weaver has been studying cryptocurrency for years. He thinks it’s a terrible idea that will end in disaster.
Reader View · Shared by 129, including Kyle McDonald, Christo Meid
NFX
Why Web3 Hiring Is Unique
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5 min read · Apr 22nd · We've seen 9 characteristics that make startup hiring in web3 different. Whether they present an advantage or a vulnerability is for you to decide.
Reader View · Shared by 124, including hiten.eth
Stack Overflow
New data: Do developers think Web3 will build a better internet?
Stack Overflow
4 min read · Apr 20th · Are blockchain and Web3 the future or are they just a fad? We asked the developer community about Web3, blockchain, crypto, and whether they are all hype or truly the future of the internet.
WIRED
The Web3 Movement’s Quest to Build a ‘Can’t Be Evil’ Internet
WIRED
20+ min read · May 10th · Crypto dreamers want to free us from Big Tech and exploitative capitalism—using only the blockchain, game theory, and code. What could possibly go wrong?
Shared by 111, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Backchannel, Tactical Tech, Bailey Richardson, Joe Germuska
a16z
7 Essential Ingredients of a Metaverse
a16z
9 min read · May 6th · What exactly is a metaverse? And how is it different from any other virtual world? Here's an overview of its defining features, and how it intersects with web3.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 108, including Bas Grasmayer, Vala Afshar, Bob Gourley, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, cdixon.eth, Kelly Hungerford 🌻, Paolo Sinelli, Andreas Staub
Li Jin
A Theory of Justice for Web3
Li Jin
~11 min read · May 12th · Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet
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My first impressions of web3
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~14 min read · Jan 7th · Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my lawn,” but I’m much more likely to click…
Reader View · Shared by 1414, including Casey Newton, Vala Afshar, Ryan Selkis 📖 🖊🔑, zeldman, Michael A. Stelzner, hardmaru, дэн, Martin Fowler, Robert Scoble, Laura Shin, Ezra Klein, SwiftOnSecurity, Brian Armstrong - barmstrong.eth, Ryan Hoover, Jeff Jarvis, Benedict Evans, Charles Hoskinson, Matthew Green, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️, Steven Sinofsky
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The Third Web
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20+ min read · 2021-12-17 · I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to write this thing, that blockchains and NFTs and all that would just go away and become a chapter in a book about weird economic scams. But if 2021 taught us anything it’s that we can’t have nice things so here we are.
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cdixon.eth
Why Decentralization Matters
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8 min read · From 2018 · Centralized platforms have been dominant for so long that many people have forgotten there is a better way to build internet services.
Reader View · Shared by 820, including Chris Schultz ✌️, Bram Kanstein, hansi voigt, Zain Fathoni, Stefan T, Jonathan Frye, Alex Barrera, Taylor Pearson, Ryan Hoover, Chris Messina, Vinny Lingham, Rodrigo Prior, Thomas Power, ERIC KIM, Tim Herbig, Alexia Bonatsos, Klaus Eck, Benedict Evans, Hugo Amsellem
TNW
The ultimate, 3500-word, plain English guide to blockchain
TNW
~13 min read · From 2017 · Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard of Bitcoin and blockchain. After all, they are one of the most trending topics these days — the ultimate buzzwords of the year. Even…
Reader View · Shared by 813, including Oleg Baskov, Andrew Cunning, Dominik Grolimund, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa, David Bauer, Klaus Eck, Sara Usinger, Charlie Oliver, Eric L. Barnes, k, Roger Friedensen, Howard Getson, Nicolas Berg, Bjorn Larsen, Lorenz König, Helmi, René Clausen Nielsen, Katja Evertz, Marco Unternaehrer
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Blockchain Project Ecosystem
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~11 min read · From 2017 · Market Map and Musings on the State of the Ecosystem
Reader View · Shared by 758, including Klaus Eck, jean marc manach, Taylor Pearson, Thomas Power, Matthias Lampe, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Philip Stehlik, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, fernand0, Gideonro, Mathias Böhm, k, Hugo Amsellem, Tris Hussey, von Moerenburgh, Vinny Lingham, Parin Vachhani, Chris Messina, Raul Tiru 🌎, Richard Joerges
The New York Times
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
The New York Times
From 2018 · Yes, it’s driven by greed — but the mania for digital cash could wind up building something much more important than wealth.
Reader View · Shared by 730, including Dan Ariely, tjalve, Martin Rajcan 🇺🇦🕊, FinTech Connector, Ernst-Jan Pfauth, Anthony Hamelle, Nicolas Berg, Nir Eyal, Howard Getson, Matthias Lampe, Ha Duong, Patrick Scheuerer, Hans van Gent, Ricky Yean, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Vinny Lingham, Ste Davies, Thomas Power, cdixon.eth
HackerNoon | Will NOT Insert LINKS in HN stories
Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain
HackerNoon | Will NOT Insert LINKS in HN stories
~18 min read · From 2017 · Everyone says the blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, is going to change EVERYTHING. And yet, after…
Reader View · Shared by 700, including Thomas Power, David Smooke, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Alex Barrera, Mike Butcher, Alf Rehn, Azeem Azhar, Michael Seemann, Martin Stabe, Nicolas Berg, Weiting Chen, Bjorn Larsen, Balthasar Glättli🌻 🕊, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, Martin Steiger 🔥, Stefan T, Howard Getson, Andreas Kubli, Nouriel Roubini
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Blockchain Governance: Programming Our Future
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~18 min read · From 2017 · This post describes why blockchain governance design is one of the most important problems out there, its critical components, current…
Reader View · Shared by 644, including Chris Messina, Inês Santos Silva, Carl Morris, Taylor Pearson, Andreas Heer, Klaus Eck, Thomas Power, Scott Williams, Balaji Srinivasan, Dmitry Solovyev, Andreas Spiegler, cdixon.eth, Ha Duong, Michael R. Nall, Yvette Dubel, ploum.net, tjalve, Ward Plunet, adrianoesch, Merkstatt
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You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real
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7 min read · From 2017 · Bitcoin is an illusion, a mass hallucination, so one hears. It’s just numbers in cyberspace, a mirage, insubstantial as a soap bubble…
Reader View · Shared by 640, including Klaus Eck, Helmi, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, tjalve, Vinny Lingham, Ha Duong, Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Power, Nicolas Berg, Matthias Lampe, Ines Bieler, Mathew Ingram, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Marc Steffen, Charlie Oliver, Scott Williams, Tris Hussey, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, von Moerenburgh