A Beginners Guide to Ethereum

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

What Ethereum is, and how it compares to Bitcoin
What a ‘smart contract’ is, and why programmable digital money matters
Some of the most interesting use cases of Ethereum including identity, scarce resource markets, next-generation social media, and more
How fundraising using Ethereum ERC-20 tokens is providing fuel for talented engineers to create blockchain-based projects

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 cryptocurrency fund manager Ari Paul, you’ll learn:

What investable protocols and services the world needs that are best-suited for blockchain
Why cryptocurrency is not necessarily a winner take all market
Why communities are critical to the long-term success of a cryptocurrency
How shared beliefs of crypto token communities influence development roadmaps and governance, as illustrated by Bitcoin and Ethereum
Why Bitcoin is a serious contender for the “store of value” use case of digital gold, and how being the winner of that niche may mean it that it will be difficult for Bitcoin to succeed as the leading payment crypto token
Why dApps (decentralized applications), privacy coins, and more may have several breakout winners