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Crypto, before FTX fell
Everything said about crypto and Bitcoin before November 8, 2022. · 20 clips, 5 minutes, hands free.
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1/20Evans: Web3 is an effort to rebrand crypto from currency to software platform
Benedict Evans · 2021full source →
1Evans: Web3 is an effort to rebrand crypto from currency to software platformBenedict Evans · 15s
2Evans: Decentralized social networks with multiple clients are an illusionBenedict Evans · 17s
3Evans: Crypto token activity blurs speculation with real product tractionBenedict Evans · 18s
4Evans: Boring enterprise SaaS will out-mint Web3 billion-dollar companiesBenedict Evans · 14s
5Evans: Cryptocurrencies are fundamentally open-source computers, not just digital goldBenedict Evans · 18s
6Evans: Crypto is in an early-80s PC era of infrastructure and bullshitBenedict Evans · 12s
7Evans: Crypto Sits at the Peak of Tech's Historical Complexity CurveBenedict Evans · 32s
8Evans: Much of Crypto's Actual Use Case Is Simply Speculating on CryptoBenedict Evans · 5s
9Evans: Web3 Enables Building Fundamentally Different Kinds of ProductsBenedict Evans · 7s
10Evans: Crypto enables governance and portability impossible with standard databasesBenedict Evans · 17s
11Evans: Web3 architectures enable full ownership of creator and subscription graphsBenedict Evans · 18s
12Caron-Brown: Removing platform middlemen forces creators to handle audience recruitmentToni Cowan-Brown · 8s
13Evans: Web3 and the Metaverse Are Completely Independent TechnologiesBenedict Evans · 42s
14Evans: Full Web3 interoperability is impossible without making platforms identicalBenedict Evans · 12s
15Evans: Crypto scams proliferate because immature software was added to moneyBenedict Evans · 9s
16Evans: Crypto builders must make products uniquely enabled by cryptoBenedict Evans · 8s
17Evans: Mainstream users will not read code, necessitating crypto abstractionBenedict Evans · 16s
18Evans: Crypto is subject to legal enforcement at fiat off-rampsBenedict Evans · 10s
19Brown: Metaverse confusion mirrors 1990s internet versus web debatesToni Cowan-Brown · 4s
20Evans: Tech has fragmented into siloed conversations with no overlapBenedict Evans · 47s