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Robert Hackett
@hackr #935
read write own editor etc @a16zcrypto
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There’s no more instructive history for those who work in crypto than the rise of the personal finance industry.
Almost everything we take for granted about money today…
- credit cards and national payment networks
- mutual funds, money markets, ETFs
- high interest savings accounts and the discounting (later zeroing) of broker commissions
- investment firms “going direct” to retail
…even government financing through budget deficits and inflation!
All these once heretical ideas had to be invented (circa 1958 on). By people who were crazy. Revolutionaries and renegades… who were RIGHT.
Almost everything we take for granted about money today…
- credit cards and national payment networks
- mutual funds, money markets, ETFs
- high interest savings accounts and the discounting (later zeroing) of broker commissions
- investment firms “going direct” to retail
…even government financing through budget deficits and inflation!
All these once heretical ideas had to be invented (circa 1958 on). By people who were crazy. Revolutionaries and renegades… who were RIGHT.
51 feels like a prime number
…it’s weird that 51 = 17 x 3
…it’s weird that 51 = 17 x 3
A lot of people mistakenly call the recent BTC and ETH market products “ETF.”
They’re not ETFs!
Here’s why the nuance makes all the difference. https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/eth-etf-etp-faq/
They’re not ETFs!
Here’s why the nuance makes all the difference. https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/eth-etf-etp-faq/
stand with crypto, stand with creators
Tokens!
The gang talks books.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
the funk cannot be stopped
the funk cannot be stopped
you cannot stop the funk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWW4tFuzxGE
the funk cannot be stopped
you cannot stop the funk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWW4tFuzxGE
find your next beach read here
This skewering of the decels gave me a good laugh
Some tools/ apps i'm thinking about building for myself:
- a weblog scraper
- a daily habit tracker
- a repository for book excerpts
What other fun coding projects are there for beginners?
- a weblog scraper
- a daily habit tracker
- a repository for book excerpts
What other fun coding projects are there for beginners?
gm to everyone who is also building a web scraper with python this fine sunday morning
Writing is the handmaiden of leadership; Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of the strong declarative sentence.
- William Zinsser, Writing to Learn
- William Zinsser, Writing to Learn
i spoke with @jing @eddy about
- open source
- the superchain
- theory of the firm
- articles of confederation
- foundations (how to)
+ ~vibes~
on the latest @a16zcrypto pod (ft. @optimism)
listen here
- open source
- the superchain
- theory of the firm
- articles of confederation
- foundations (how to)
+ ~vibes~
on the latest @a16zcrypto pod (ft. @optimism)
listen here
huge moment for crypto and America
FIT21 passes in the House
now onto the Senate
FIT21 passes in the House
now onto the Senate
Learned a lot from @jessepollak and how he thinks about building @coinbase's @base on the latest @a16zcrypto pod.
We talked about...
- bottom-up vs. top-down leadership
- scaling Ethereum
- rollups vs. bridges
- winning product vs. winning market
- futarchy
- hyphens (and a lot else)
with @ncitron.eth
We talked about...
- bottom-up vs. top-down leadership
- scaling Ethereum
- rollups vs. bridges
- winning product vs. winning market
- futarchy
- hyphens (and a lot else)
with @ncitron.eth
Just finished reading
Read this.
Token launch playbook drop
👀
Good timing for an episode covering T Swift
Good timing for an episode covering T Swift
good op-ed
Spoke to @cdixon.eth about the making of Read Write Own
He says books can present a ‘whole worldview’ in way that other formats can’t
He says books can present a ‘whole worldview’ in way that other formats can’t
I’m doing more pods now!
Catch me on the latest @a16zcrypto
This one was fun with @michaelblau @creeefs
We talk about everything from internet eras to the Eras tour
👇
Catch me on the latest @a16zcrypto
This one was fun with @michaelblau @creeefs
We talk about everything from internet eras to the Eras tour
👇
all the ideas from Read Write Own in a neat little package