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A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon is a general partner at the storied venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which he joined in 2013. He has invested there in Oculus (later acquired by Facebook), Coinbase, and other companies. He also placed early bets on Kickstarter, Pinterest, Stack Overflow, and Stripe, all of which have products in wide use today. Dixon founded and leads a16z crypto, a division of the firm dedicated to investing in crypto and blockchain technologies
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Introduction
Three Eras of NetworksA New Movement
Seeing the Truth
Determining the Internet’s Future
Part One: Read. Write.
1 Why Networks Matter2 Protocol Networks
A Brief History of Protocol Networks
The Benefits of Protocol Networks
The Fall of RSS
3 Corporate Networks
Skeuomorphic and Native Technologies
The Rise of Corporate Networks
The Problem with Corporate Networks: The Attract-Extract Cycle
Part Two: Own.
4 BlockchainsWhy Computers Are Special: The Platform-App Feedback Loop
Two Paths to Adoption: “Inside Out” versus “Outside In”
Blockchains Are a New Kind of Computer
How Blockchains Work
Why Blockchains Matter
5 Tokens
Single-Player and Multiplayer Technologies
Tokens Represent Ownership
The Uses of Tokens
The Importance of Digital Ownership
The Next Big Thing Starts Out Looking Like a Toy
6 Blockchain Networks
Part Three: A New Era
7 Community-Created SoftwareModding, Remixing, and Open Source
Composability: Software as Lego Bricks
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
8 Take Rates
Network Effects Drive Take Rates
Your Take Rate Is My Opportunity
Squeezing the Balloon
9 Building Networks with Token Incentives
Incentivizing Software Development
Overcoming the Bootstrap Problem
Tokens Are Self-Marketing
Making Users Owners
10 Tokenomics
Faucets and Token Supply
Sinks and Token Demand
Tokens Can Be Valued Using Traditional Financial Methods
Financial Cycles
11 Network Governance
The Nonprofit Model
Federated Networks
Protocol Coups
Blockchains as Network Constitutions
Blockchain Governance
Part Four: Here and Now
12 The Computer versus the CasinoRegulating Tokens
Ownership and Markets Are Inextricable
Limited Liability Corporations: A Regulatory Success Story
Part Five: What’s Next
13 The iPhone Moment: From Incubation to Growth14 Some Promising Applications
Social Networks: Millions of Profitable Niches
Games and the Metaverse: Who Will Own the Virtual World?
NFTs: Scarce Value in an Era of Abundance
Collaborative Storytelling: Unleashing Fantasy Hollywood
Making Financial Infrastructure a Public Good
Artificial Intelligence: A New Economic Covenant for Creators
Deepfakes: Moving Beyond the Turing Test
Conclusion
Reinventing the InternetCause for Optimism