Crypto Tokens – A Breakthrough In Open Network Design

In this episode featuring Andressen Horowitz General Partner Chris Dixon, you’ll learn:

How crypto tokens can aid in reversing the trend of internet centralization
Why tokens benefit their users, developers, investors, and entire open source initiatives
Why centralized networks won out versus open networks in Web 2.0, and why crypto tokens may shift the tide back to open networks in the future
How Ethereum is pouring gasoline on this fire with the ERC20 token, inspiring a new wave of token networks

Cryptocurrency’s Netscape Moment

In this episode featuring Elad Gil, you’ll learn:

Why now is the starting gun for broad investment in cryptocurrencies including hedge funds, venture funds, and average consumers
How the current 2017 run-up in cryptocurrency prices and interest feels similar to the bubble in 2013, but how this time it’s different
Why the “store of value” use case of Bitcoin is becoming real
How the proliferation of blockchain-based technologies such as Ethereum, Monero and Zcash are driving developer and investor interest
How crowdfunding (ICOs), investors striking it rich, and general capital inflows are driving up the prices of digital assets

In this episode featuring Joel Monegro, you’ll learn:

How economic value for decentralized blockchain-based networks tends to be distributed to protocols rather than applications
Why shared data, such as user data, in decentralized systems, leads to value creation at the protocol level
Why crypto tokens are an essential incentives layer in blockchain networks
How tokens lead to a feedback loop incentivizing investment, development, entrepreneurship, and healthy speculation