A Beginner’s Guide to Tezos

In this episode featuring early Coinbase employee Linda Xie, you’ll learn:

What the Tezos protocol is, who the founders are, and how it compares to Ethereum
How the Tezos approach to upgrading functionality compares to blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum
How developers in the Tezos ecosystem are compensated for their code
The differences and advantages between PoW (Proof of Work) and PoS (Proof of Stake)
How Tezos’ formal verification feature — allowing developers to mathematically prove the correctness of their smart contract code — could be used

Stock Options vs Protocol Tokens

In this episode featuring entrepreneur and designer Richard Burton, you’ll learn:

The basics of stock option equity packages commonly used as financial incentives for startup employees
Why stock options can be “golden handcuffs” for employees
How misunderstanding small details of your stock option incentive package can cost you millions
Why ‘protocol equity’ potentially offers a better compensation outcome for talent
How protocol equity shines in areas where stock option compensation does not

In this episode featuring 21 Co-Founder and a16z Partner Balaji Srinivasan, you’ll learn:

The basics of what a digital token is, how various tokens differ from each other, and why tokens have surged in interest lately
Why tokens have only recently become possible due to years of digital currency infrastructure
What exactly you receive or hold rights to when you purchase a digital token
Why tokens are such a compelling alternative to traditional financing
How token models enable fundamentally new types of business models that could power the next wave of internet companies