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Crypto Networks & Economies

Decentralized Finance: What It Is, Why It Matters

Marvin Ammori

DeFi’s two foundational qualities — permissionless-ness and transparency — translate to multiple, powerful use cases. 

Individual Before Community: Why Creator Tokens Will Precede Community Tokens

Alex Masmej

What purists miss in their devotion to the collective is that all communities start with an individual. I believe creator tokens will be first to go mainstream.

“Fantasy Hollywood” — Crypto and Community-Owned Characters

Cuy Sheffield

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) enable a new model for bringing new characters into the world.

Designing Internet-Native Economies: A Guide to Crypto Tokens

Patrick Rivera

Crypto protocols, social apps, online communities, and marketplaces will need to deeply understand the interplay between fungible and non-fungible tokens to cre

Composability is Innovation

Linda Xie

It allows anyone in a crypto network to take existing programs and adapt or build on top of them, unlocking completely new use cases. 

How the Coming Privacy Layer Will Fix the Broken Web

Howard Wu

Crypto, the blockchain, and zero-knowledge proofs are enabling a class of web services that are more incentive-aligned with users.

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