The famous venture capitalist published a book, “Read Write Own,'' about how the concentration of power in a few Internet giants is bad for entrepreneurs and society as a whole.
Posted on January 30, 2024 at 7:00 AM EST.
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Chris Dixon, Founder and Managing Partner of a16z Crypto I believe it has been overturned.He wrote a new book called read, write, own In it, he writes about this phenomenon and how blockchain technology could help reverse this trend by providing an environment where developers and entrepreneurs can once again build direct relationships with their audiences. It is claimed that there is.
Dixon joins Unchained to talk about his criticism of cryptocurrency VC firms, how he feels now about a16z's previous investment in Facebook, how cryptocurrencies have become overly politicized in the U.S., and whether Facebook's Libra project is final. We discuss why it was shut down, re-staking and especially EigenLayer's key promise. , and why he believes creator royalties are essential to the NFT market.
Show highlights:
- What inspired Chris to write his new book and why he thinks the crypto industry is misunderstood
- What are the current problems with the Internet and how just a few companies control the majority of the revenue?
- How Chris explains blockchain concepts to the average person
- The importance of property rights in the real world and how blockchain can improve this
- How does Chris respond to the criticism that venture capital firms “neglect retail” and what is the appropriate allocation of tokens to VCs?
- What is the best design for good governance in decentralized networks?
- How the cryptocurrency industry is becoming politicized in the US
- What does Chris think about a16z's investment in Facebook?
- Why Facebook's Libra project was shut down and lessons learned from this venture
- Lessons Chris learned from the 2022 crypto fiasco with the collapse of FTX, Terra, Celsius, 3AC and more
- Where does Chris sit on the debate about modular vs. monolithic networks?
- How restaking and EigenLayer can “unlock many new design possibilities” according to Chris
- The role of open source software in driving better environments and better projects
- How decentralized social networks can attract new levels of adoption
- Whether creator royalties are necessary and why Chris believes they're 'non-negotiable'
Episode transcription
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- Chris Dixon, founder and managing partner of a16z crypto, author of Read Write Own
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The big failure of 2022
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