Social Investing 2.0

• Existing web2 social networking platforms cause issues like data and security breaches, manipulation of public opinion, and relaying false information.


• Digital assets created according to interoperable standards on public blockchains are portable and transferable so user history is not stuck on a particular platform.


• A core philosophical principle of

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Web 2.0 was about social graphs — follows, likes, comments. Web 3.0 is about social + economic graphs — NFTs you buy, projects you invest in, social tokens you earn. Company profiles on Crunchbase are an early example of economic graphs. For most startups, you can see who funded them, how much they received, and when the funding round took place.

Sam Lessin: Web 3.0 is — at the most abstract level — really about right-sizing communities to a scale people can have a sense of personal purpose and place. It is about giving people ownership in meaningful way in the context of the people they want to be with and impressively extending that experience.

Web3 platforms also have the potential to unlock a novel and especially powerful form of network effect through community engagement and social cohesion.