Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

While people often think of tokens as digital assets or currencies, a more accurate technical definition would describe them as data structures that can track quantities, permissions, and other metadata for users on a blockchain. If that sounds abstract, that’s because tokens are an abstraction. This abstraction makes them easy to use and simple to

The collective set of code repositories make up a branching tree of billions of interconnected ideas created by millions of people, most of whom have never met, yet who work collaboratively to advance the global store of knowledge.

Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa, calls this idea “fantasy Hollywood,” drawing an analogy to fantasy football. The model turns fans into active participants, and in this case they are actually in the game, not imagining it.

Protocol networks endow users with ownership, which benefits all network participants, including creators, entrepreneurs, developers, and others.

Interoperability still persists in some categories of internet services. It thrives, notably, in video games where users create “mods”: game remixes or DIY components that can consist of altered art, modified gameplay, randomized game elements, add-ons such as new weapons or tools, and other custom bits.

Building on a corporate network was like building on a broken foundation. The term of art to describe this hazard of the new era: platform risk.

How did open source take the world by storm? One of the main reasons the movement has been so successful is a feature of software known as composability.

Harnessing fandom is a powerful way to market new story universes without spending millions on advertising.

Early delivery and ride-sharing apps hooked into Google Maps.