Ethereum is the Forefront of Digital Currency

In this episode featuring Fred Ehrsam, Co-Founder of Coinbase, you’ll learn:

  • How Ethereum is pouring rocket fuel on digital currency app development
  • Why no killer apps have emerged for Bitcoin beyond potentially being a store of value
  • Why Ethereum, with its easy to use programming language, is leading the rise of more diversified decentralized applications
  • Why some of the fundamental beliefs of the Bitcoin and Ethereum communities lead to different priorities and development outcomes
  • Why Ethereum has a bright future ahead of it, led by a strong developer community and an emphasis on scalability and growth
  • How the rate of change in digital currencies is accelerating

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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

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Thoughts on Tokens

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

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