Crypto Tokens and the Coming Age of Protocol Innovation

In this episode featuring Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures, you’ll learn:

How Bitcoin and other decentralized blockchains will drive the decentralization of the internet
How blockchain protocols provide incentives for the creation and governance of technologies that were previously largely unmonetized public resources
Examples of how companies such as Sia and Filecoin are using blockchains to fund their development and capitalize on the potential success of their technology

Explain Bitcoin Like I’m Five

In this episode featuring Nik Custodio, you’ll learn:

How Bitcoin works at a fundamental level, ideal for beginners to cryptocurrency
Examples of previous ways of exchanging value before Bitcoin was invented, and the disadvantages of them compared to Bitcoin
Why it was difficult to exchange digital scarcity prior to the invention of Bitcoin
How Bitcoin enables trustless exchange

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