blockchain

also referred to as: blockchains

14 statements across 6 episodes · 10 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 31, 2025 by Brian Armstrong · across every show →

Everything said about blockchain, oldest first

May 31, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2030
Armstrong: Most traditional securities will tokenize on-chain within five years
“So I actually think like most traditional securities are going to get tokenized on chain in the next five years.”
Brian Armstrong May 31, 2025 ▶ 1:20:18 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
May 31, 2025 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Dixon: Modern Blockchains Transfer Any Amount Globally for Under One Cent
“So you can now send an arbitrary amount of money anywhere in the world for under one penny in 1:02.”
Chris Dixon May 31, 2025 ▶ 37:18 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
May 31, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dixon: AI Agents Will Conduct Automated Blockchain Micropayments Within Years
“So like watch MCP I would expect would have down the road a payment standard, right? And AI agents. So you imagine a world, which I think we're headed to pretty soon in a couple of years, we have all these different AI agents running around... And pennies gett…”
Chris Dixon May 31, 2025 ▶ 40:34 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
May 31, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Dixon: Blockchain infrastructure is mature enough and no longer an excuse
“I think blockchains, I think we no longer have infrastructure as an excuse anymore. Like now it's about building applications, about getting regulatory clarity. And I think we're pretty far along there. I think we have a long way to go fully exploring kind of …”
Chris Dixon May 31, 2025 ▶ 52:23 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
May 31, 2025 bullish
Insight
Dixon: AI solves intelligence problems, blockchains solve coordination problems
“I think that's one broader way to think of blockchains is like, it's like if AI, you know, is solving all the problems in the world that, that they need more intelligence, right? Blockchains try to solve the problems in the world that need more coordination, r…”
Chris Dixon May 31, 2025 ▶ 1:01:29 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
Jun 5, 2025 positive
Insight
Dixon: Blockchains' primary value is disintermediation rather than decentralization itself
“The point is not for like decentralization and kind of this new architecture of blockchains for its own sake. The point is they have specific benefits. So like, why, why would one build on a blockchain like Ethereum or Solana as opposed to a traditional, You k…”
Chris Dixon Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 10:25 Read Write Own - A16Z Partner Chris Dixon on TBPN
Jun 5, 2025 positive
Insight
Dixon: Blockchains solve political trust problems preventing bank coordination
“There's a lot of interest from the banks to think about ways to use blockchains to create essentially marketplaces there, you know, maybe permissioned marketplaces where only kind of certain participants can participate. For them, the benefit is, you know, why…”
Chris Dixon Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 17:30 Read Write Own - A16Z Partner Chris Dixon on TBPN
Jun 5, 2025 positive
Insight
Dixon: Blockchains solve coordination problems whereas AI solves intelligence problems
“If AI, you know, is solving all the problems in the world that, that they need more intelligence, right? Blockchains try to solve the problems in the world that need more coordination or more, you know, kind of collective collective action, getting a bunch of,…”
Chris Dixon Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 18:11 Read Write Own - A16Z Partner Chris Dixon on TBPN
Jun 5, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dixon: AI agents will autonomously exchange blockchain micropayments within two years
“You imagine a world, which I think we're headed to pretty soon, in a couple of years, we have all these different AI agents running around... And then you sort of imagine other agents coming along and negotiating and, you know, pennies getting transferred back…”
Chris Dixon Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 4:28 Read Write Own - A16Z Partner Chris Dixon on TBPN
Jun 21, 2025 positive
Insight
Haun: AI creates digital abundance while blockchains enforce digital scarcity
“AI creates digital abundance, and blockchains are good at enforcing digital scarcity. And I think you're gonna see more and more synergies emerge and use cases over time”
Katie Haun Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 1:09:34 Weekly Recap: Elon's Starship Explodes, OpenAI's Defense Contract, Nvidia's Robots, We Test Cluely
Oct 23, 2025 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Dixon: JPMorgan Chase Has 1,500 Employees Working on Blockchain Projects
“Chase, I think Jamie, Jamie Dimon talks trash, but I believe they have 1500 people on blockchain projects.”
Chris Dixon Oct 23, 2025 ▶ 11:51 a16z Crypto Managing Partner Chris Dixon Live on TBPN
Jan 24, 2026 neutral
Insight
Coogan: Traditional Finance Can Revert Quantum Hacks, Blockchains Cannot
“Like, the financial system, although they probably don't want to talk about it, does have the ability to, like, effectively roll back, so if there was, like, some massive quantum hack, and, like, all the Morgan Stanley, or JP Morgan accounts, or Goldman Sachs …”
John Coogan Jan 24, 2026 ▶ 23:24 China’s acquisition spree, TikTok reaches U.S survival deal, Tech Giants hit by spying | Diet TBPN
Jan 24, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Coinbase Establishes Advisory Board on Quantum Computing and Blockchain
“So Coinbase established an independent advisory board on quantum computing and blockchain.”
John Coogan Jan 24, 2026 ▶ 22:05 China’s acquisition spree, TikTok reaches U.S survival deal, Tech Giants hit by spying | Diet TBPN
Apr 9, 2026 neutral
Opinion
CZ: Crypto is currently too transparent and easy to track
“So I think right now the crypto industry is, to be honest, is too transparent. It's actually extremely easy to track crypto funds. like the blockchain is a public ledger. And then if you couple that with a couple, a few centralized exchanges, KYC information,…”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Apr 9, 2026 ▶ 3:22 Binance’s CZ: We’ll Never Know Satoshi, and That’s Good
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