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nftevening.com
What Web5 Is And Why You Should Know About It
nftevening.com
4 min read · Jun 24th · Developed by TBD, the Bitcoin arm at Jack Dorsey’s Block (formerly Square), Web5 is a new vision for a decentralised Internet.
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future.com
DAOs, a Canon
future.com
7 min read · Jun 13th · Curated resources for those seeking to understand, build, and otherwise get involved with decentralized autonomous organizations or DAOs
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a16zcrypto.com
Smart Contract Security: A Simple Checklist for Web3 Development
a16zcrypto.com
9 min read · Jun 11th · Fewer web3 hacks will occur if builders take these smart contract security considerations into account during the software development cycle.
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Web3 for SaaS People: NFTs beyond Consumer
allisonpickens.substack.com
10 min read · Jun 9th · Read OR Listen | A conversation with Lisha Li at Rosebud AI
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How to pick a DAO legal entity
a16zcrypto.com
5 min read · Jun 4th · The growth of DAOs raise legal, tax, and operations questions, so we created a 4-step guide to help web3 builders choose a DAO legal entity.
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tante
Denial by Potentiality
tante
3 min read · May 30th · When working on explaining and criticizing web3/crypto/blockchain stuff you get used to an unhealthy amount of denial. Denial of history. Denial of technical facts. It’s a denial-rich environment. But…
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Scott Galloway
Trustless | No Mercy / No Malice
Scott Galloway
6 min read · Jun 17th · It’s been a bummer summer for crypto. Flagship coins Bitcoin and Ether are at multiyear lows, while lesser coins barrel to zero. Luna went from a market capitalization of $34 billion (“market” and…
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NFX
Web3 Gaming Is An Evolution, Not A Revolution
NFX
~12 min read · Jun 3rd · The crypto drumbeat for more than a decade has been: “Out with the Old Guard, in with the New.”It makes sense. Looking at the big picture, the 2008 financial crisis was triggering. People called for a…
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The Anatomy of MetaMask
juliawu.medium.com
~17 min read · Jun 18th · An X-ray of Web3’s Beloved Fox
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The Block
Alchemy is bringing its blockchain node infrastructure to Solana
The Block
1 min read · Jun 2nd · Alchemy will make its node service available for Solana developers.
medium.com
The Future of Crypto Native Consumer Products, Part 2: Messaging
medium.com
~11 min read · Jun 16th · Read Part I of the series here
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Adam Mosseri TED TALK: “Verified Power is shifting”
dannydenhard.com
10 min read · May 30th · Where the Head of Instagram is suggest the web is going in his 2022 TED Talk. Understand why web3, NFT's, smart contracts and portable audience are discussed
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kinjal.mirror.xyz
NFTs: Consumption vs Investment
kinjal.mirror.xyz
2 min read · Jun 5th · Digital objects have long been treasured. An exhilarating moment during a Twitch stream. Memes that define an era in time. Iconic selfies. The list goes on and on.
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allisonpickens.substack.com
Web3 for SaaS People: What does "Go-to-Market" Mean in Web3?
allisonpickens.substack.com
~13 min read · Jun 5th · Read OR Listen | A conversation with Jenn Kalidoss at Syndicate
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medium.com
The Future of Crypto Native Consumer Products, Part 2: Messaging
medium.com
~11 min read · Jun 16th · Read Part I of the series here
Reader View · Shared by 80, including Mercedes Bent
juliawu.medium.com
The Anatomy of MetaMask
juliawu.medium.com
~17 min read · Jun 18th · An X-ray of Web3’s Beloved Fox
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Five lessons we’ve learned from bringing DAO tooling to market
otterspace.mirror.xyz
7 min read · Jun 5th · Blog post on common go-to-market challenges and strategies within the context of selling tooling for DAOs.
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nftevening.com
What Web5 Is And Why You Should Know About It
nftevening.com
4 min read · Jun 24th · Developed by TBD, the Bitcoin arm at Jack Dorsey’s Block (formerly Square), Web5 is a new vision for a decentralised Internet.
Reader View · Shared by 69, including Harsha Mv
a16zcrypto.com
Metaverse Land: What Makes Digital Real Estate Valuable
a16zcrypto.com
10 min read · Jun 2nd · The value of digital and metaverse land across virtual worlds and web3 is affected by the activities they uniquely enable and other factors.
Reader View · Shared by 58, including Alex Tabarrok, cdixon.eth, علي, Mathias Böhm
VICE
The Pivot to Web3 Is Going to Get People Hurt
VICE
20+ min read · Jun 2nd · It can feel as if the entire world is bolting on crypto tokens and NFTs. Many in the industry worry the gold rush is akin to a “collective Theranos” that is warping the economy to the benefit of…
Reader View · Shared by 57, including Kaspar Manz, Christopher Mims 🤌, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Ouriel @ZenGo, 👨🏻💻☕️, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Scott Galloway
Trustless | No Mercy / No Malice
Scott Galloway
6 min read · Jun 17th · It’s been a bummer summer for crypto. Flagship coins Bitcoin and Ether are at multiyear lows, while lesser coins barrel to zero. Luna went from a market capitalization of $34 billion (“market” and…
Reader View · Shared by 52, including Gerd Leonhard, Lord of the idiots, Cassandra Schadenfreude
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moxie.org
My first impressions of web3
moxie.org
~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…
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tante
The Third Web
tante
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
cdixon.eth
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.
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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 818, including Jon Thompson, Helmi, Katja Evertz, Howard Getson, Eric L. Barnes, Thomas Power, Klaus Eck, Nicolas Berg, Charlie Oliver, Sara Usinger, Roger Friedensen, René Clausen Nielsen, Mark Kaigwa, Dominik Grolimund, Andrew Cunning, Bjorn Larsen, k, Marco Unternaehrer, Lorenz König, Oleg Baskov
medium.com
Blockchain Project Ecosystem
medium.com
~11 min read · From 2017 · Market Map and Musings on the State of the Ecosystem
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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.
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HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
~18 min read · From 2017 · Everyone says the blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, is going to change EVERYTHING. And yet, after…
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medium.com
Blockchain Governance: Programming Our Future
medium.com
~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…
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medium.com
You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real
medium.com
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…
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