In a follow-up to one in every of our hottest podcast episodes which initially aired in April 2017 (https://a16z.com/2017/04/03/cryptocurrencies-protocols-appcoins/), a16z Crypto Fund General Partner Chris Dixon returns to speak with Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital in a free-wheeling dialog concerning the seven main tendencies they see taking place in blockchain computing now as we shift from primary protocol design to pragmatic product launches:
– Improving developer productiveness – Scaling out versus scaling up – On-chain governance – Proof of Stake Networks, and particularly their resilience to assaults – 2017: yr of of fund elevating, 2019: yr of launches – Autonomous and re-mixable code – Killer apps: distributed finance and past
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