Storing Value in Digital Objects
Blockchains can help us record real-world transactions and track real-world products in a trustless manner that has never been possible before. The value of goods can now go beyond mere price but can reflect the values of consumers using them. The blockchain has the potential to enable a new type of economy where goods are valuable not just because
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The key point to take away from this is that owning the content is not important to Mirror’s strategic moat. What differentiates Mirror and makes it a sticky product for creators is that it offers a number of ways to build a business that you can’t get anywhere else. Mirror dramatically lowers the coordination cost of creating a complex online busi... See more
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As any asset begins to accrue greater recognition and deeper social significance, its value moves beyond being predominantly transactional and towards an expression of the owner’s identity.
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One of the driving insights that led me to leave my job in 2021 at Reddit, because of my interest in the crypto industry, because of my fascination with decentralization, and because of my, you know, belief that the ability to own and control and create and have access to all of the data that we as individuals create online. I didn't believe that I
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