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a16zcrypto.com
Regulate web3 apps, not protocols
a16zcrypto.com
7 min read · · Internet regulation historically targeted apps, browsers, websites – not underlying communication protocols. Same rules should apply to web3. · Shared by 18, including Ryan Selkis 🥷, علي, cdixon.eth
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When to Launch a Token
Variant
3 min read · · Tokens are an exciting new primitive that facilitate user ownership; they’re a novel tool founders can deploy to create healthier, more sustainable networks. But that newness also means there’s not a… · Shared by 69
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CB Insights
What is Web3? How a decentralized internet could upend the digital economy
CB Insights
~14 min read · · Web3 is generating a lot of hype — but what exactly is it? From the metaverse to decentralized finance to NFTs and beyond, we break down what Web3 is today and what it could mean for the future of the… · Shared by 87, including Florian Graillot
Gartner
Metaverse, Web3 and Crypto: Separating Blockchain Hype from Reality
Gartner
2 min read · · How can CIOs separate the hype from reality with emerging #blockchain technologies like #metaverse, #Web3 and #cryptocurrency? Gartner analyst Avivah Litan weighs in. #CIO #GartnerSYM · Shared by 81, including Cyril Coste #DigitalTransformation, Kirk Borne, Vala Afshar
Variant
When to Launch a Token
Variant
3 min read · · Tokens are an exciting new primitive that facilitate user ownership; they’re a novel tool founders can deploy to create healthier, more sustainable networks. But that newness also means there’s not a… · Shared by 69
megu.space
Web3 Thoughts
megu.space
6 min read · · Where do I even begin? My opinion changes wildly, from taking a firmly anti-crypto stance inspired by Everest Pipkin’s environmental arguments—to thinking th... · Shared by 67
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On/off Ramps in Web3: an Introductory Guide
celinewee.medium.com
6 min read · · What’s a fiat to crypto on/off ramp? · Shared by 66
vitalik.eth.limo
DAOs are not corporations: where decentralization in autonomous organizations matters
vitalik.eth.limo
~16 min read · · Dark Mode Toggle 2022 Sep 20 See all posts Special thanks to Karl Floersch and Tina Zhen for feedback and review on earlier versions of this article. Recently, there has been a lot of discourse around… · Shared by 36, including hiten.eth, Ser Jeff Garzik, CyberCodeTwins.eth 👾// NINER FURY TANGO, vitalik.eth
Tomasz Tunguz
The State of Web3 in 2022 through Data by @ttunguz
Tomasz Tunguz
2 min read · · At the inaugural DuneCon, Dune’s first conference, I shared a presentation on the state of crypto in 2022. I aimed to characterize the health of the crypto ecosystem at the most basic level. For… · Shared by 20, including Ouriel @ZenGo
Tomasz Tunguz
Don't Look Now But Web3 Companies are Beginning to Trade Like their Web2 Counterparts by @ttunguz
Tomasz Tunguz
2 min read · · This chart shows the relationship between the top 100 public projects’ revenue and their trailing revenue multiple. There’s none. The correlation asymptotes to zero. At least when looking at the… · Shared by 19, including Christian Hartmann
a16zcrypto.com
Regulate web3 apps, not protocols
a16zcrypto.com
7 min read · · Internet regulation historically targeted apps, browsers, websites – not underlying communication protocols. Same rules should apply to web3. · Shared by 18, including Ryan Selkis 🥷, علي, cdixon.eth
theblock.co
Former Revolut employees raise $78 million for web3 energy startup
theblock.co
2 min read · · Former Revolut employees have raised a $78 million round for Tesseract, a web3 startup that aims to tokenize the energy business. · Shared by 16, including Michael Fauscette
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My first impressions of web3
moxie.org
~14 min read · · 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… · Shared by 1439, including BrendanEich, Vala Afshar, Ryan Selkis 🥷, zeldman, Michael A. Stelzner, Casey Newton, Martin Fowler, дэн, Robert Scoble, Laura Shin, Ezra Klein, SwiftOnSecurity, Brian Armstrong, Ryan Hoover, Jeff Jarvis, Benedict Evans, Charles Hoskinson, hardmaru, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️, Steven Sinofsky
tante
The Third Web
tante
20+ min read · · 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. · Shared by 1398, including Mathew Ingram, Mark Kaigwa, Clemens M. Schuster, Tactical Tech, Pablo Felip, Thomas Knüwer, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Nils Hitze, Michael Seemann, Dion Almaer, Kevin Marks, Katja Evertz, Richard MacManus, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, rufuspollock, Fabio Chiusi, Luca 🏖️, Nicolas Kayser-Bril, Jakob Adler
cdixon.eth
Why Decentralization Matters
cdixon.eth
8 min read · · Centralized platforms have been dominant for so long that many people have forgotten there is a better way to build internet services. · Shared by 823, 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 · · 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… · Shared by 821, including Jon Thompson, k, Katja Evertz, Howard Getson, Eric L. Barnes, Thomas Power, Klaus Eck, Nicolas Berg, Charlie Oliver, Sara Usinger, René Clausen Nielsen, Bjorn Larsen, Mark Kaigwa, Dominik Grolimund, Andrew Cunning, Helmi, Roger Friedensen, Marco Unternaehrer, Lorenz König, Oleg Baskov
medium.com
Blockchain Project Ecosystem
medium.com
~11 min read · · Market Map and Musings on the State of the Ecosystem · Shared by 759, 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
· Yes, it’s driven by greed — but the mania for digital cash could wind up building something much more important than wealth. · Shared by 732, 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 | Learn Any Technology
Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
~18 min read · · Everyone says the blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, is going to change EVERYTHING. And yet, after… · Shared by 703, including Thomas Power, David Smooke, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Alex Barrera, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Alf Rehn, Azeem Azhar, Michael Seemann, Martin Stabe, Nicolas Berg, Weiting Chen, ErmanTaylan.eth, Balthasar Glättli🌻 🕊, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, Martin Steiger, Stefan T, Howard Getson, Andreas Kubli, Nouriel Roubini
medium.com
Blockchain Governance: Programming Our Future
medium.com
~18 min read · · This post describes why blockchain governance design is one of the most important problems out there, its critical components, current… · Shared by 650, including Chris Messina, Inês 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
medium.com
You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real
medium.com
7 min read · · Bitcoin is an illusion, a mass hallucination, so one hears. It’s just numbers in cyberspace, a mirage, insubstantial as a soap bubble… · Shared by 642, 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, Scott Williams, Charlie Oliver, Marc Steffen, Tris Hussey, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, von Moerenburgh
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