Tag: blockchain

• Why the Ethereum Classic hack is a bad omen for the blockchain

  January 9, 2019

  On Saturday, the Coinbase security team noticed something troubling. Someone had made a deep reorganization in the distributed ledger for Ethereum Classic, a smaller spinoff from the Ethereum coin. The… more ›

• Crypto Theses for 2019

  January 7, 2019

  As another year wraps up, I started writing an email to close friends and investors on the “state of crypto” and my forecasts. As it got longer, it turned into… more ›

• The Big Blockchain Lie

  November 24, 2018

  The Big Blockchain Lie Now that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have plummeted from last year’s absurdly high valuations, the techno-utopian mystique of so-called distributed-ledger technologies should be next. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/blockchain-big-lie-by-nouriel-roubini-2018-10 more ›

• Engaging In Cryptonetworks – AVC

  November 2, 2018

  Engaging In Cryptonetworks – AVC Ever since the first cryptonetwork, Bitcoin, was created, investors have had the opportunity to earn returns by engaging in the network. In Bitcoin’s case, that… more ›

• An Intro to Crypto: Building Companies, from People to Code

  July 22, 2018

  An Intro to Crypto: Building Companies, from People to Code https://youtu.be/jIKNCD3wDgI more ›

• Introducing a16z crypto

  June 26, 2018

  Introducing a16z crypto » Historically, new models of computing have tended to emerge every 10-15 years: mainframes in the 60s, PCs in the late 70s, the internet in the early… more ›

• From barter to blockchain: A history of money

  May 29, 2018

  From barter to blockchain: A history of money » The Big Bang brought the universe into existence 13.7 billion years ago. Life first appeared on our planet 3.8 billion years… more ›

• From barter to blockchain: A history of money

  May 29, 2018

  From barter to blockchain: A history of money » The Big Bang brought the universe into existence 13.7 billion years ago. Life first appeared on our planet 3.8 billion years… more ›

• what we are seeing here is the creation of a new…

  May 6, 2018

  “what we are seeing here is the creation of a new internet, built upon protocols that allow for decentralized networks to form and tokens that allow people and companies to… more ›

• much of the current rhetoric around the blockchain…

  March 4, 2018

  “much of the current rhetoric around the blockchain hints at problems with the techno-utopian ideologies that surround digital activism, and points to the assumptions these projects fall into time and… more ›