My top 3 lessons* on network economics and blockchain from Chris Dixon
Since early childhood, we have been taught to be careful and even suspicious when encountering things that we do not understand. This explains why I have not invested in Bitcoin (or any other coin, to be fair) so far and do not even have a digital wallet. My initial skepticism that this was going to be another short-lived fad has been disproved already. Despite my history of struggling hard with technical concepts (some of that experience was described here), I felt that getting at least some rudimentary understanding of networks, blockchain, crypto, and web3 would be useful.
When browsing the internet and looking for a place where to start, I came across a video featuring Chris Dixon, who runs a crypto investment operation at a16z, aka Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital fund. This suggests that he is used to putting his money where his mouth is. Chris’s book “Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet” (and no, I am not earning affiliate income from this link) was published earlier this year.
Here are my 3 takeaways (all highly non-technical) from watching his interview on YouTube:
