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Three types of Decentralization

Decentralized Bottlenecks:  The vision for web3 is admirable. But Moxie set out to understand how the decentralized sausage is made in practice. He was not impressed. Moxie's first concern was that Web3 is not as decentralized as it claims. In this case, access to the basic infrastructure of web3 (the Ethereum blockchain) ends up being routed... See more

Beyond the network and protocol variety, DAOs come in many flavors. These include:Investment DAOs in which individuals, friends, and colleagues form clubs to invest in web3 startups;

The only advantage traditional contracts have over smart contracts lies in the number of assets one can use as collateral.

As is well-known in the crypto ecosystem, the economic interest in crypto comes in waves — we have already gone through two waves of this and are in the middle of a third one. However, all through this, the ecosystem has been maturing quietly and resolutely underneath all the hype and noise. As a result, the crypto opportunity has significantly... See more

Global relational contracts could be a way to overcome the limitations of incomplete contracts.

So whether you’re planning a token launch, or looking at the tokenomics of a project, here’s everything to think about around getting tokens in people’s hands.

So, of course, now it makes sense to investigate the nature of these digital innovations, how they form part of the architecture of our daily lives, how they come to market, who controls them and their heteroskedastic affects on different groups. We need to ask whether the interplay of these technologies with society and market forces has led to... See more