Blockchain Systems
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
the MAD Podcast 
the a16z Podcast
3 statements about Blockchain Systems, every show
Chris Dixon: Blockchains Must Assume All Participants Are Potential Adversaries
“One of the challenges in building, you know, these systems on either blockchain systems or systems on top of blockchains, is, is all of these systems today have to assume that any participant in the network could be adversarial. Meaning, you don't know who tha…”
Lubin: Acquiring users and UI/UX is 90% of building crypto apps
“When you build an application, 90% of the work is working with customers, et cetera so if you need to move it to multiple blockchain systems that's not a big lift. I mean, it's a significant lift, but just acquiring customers and figuring out user experience, …”
Dixon: Blockchains without native tokens lack an essential operational funding model
“I think the idea of trying to build, like, a blockchain system without a cryptocurrency associated with it, you're losing this essential aspect, which is this funding model, essentially which funds both the operation of the network, but also the development, t…”