The Control - Issue #28
It can be tempting to get caught up in the short-term price movements of cryptocurrencies, but we're still in the early stages of the development of the technology. If you've become interested in 2017, educating yourself on the most important issues and taking a long-term perspective is advised. On that note, we hosted the second Token Summit in SF this month and had many of the best technologists and investors in the world come together. In total, we had over 700 people from 38 different countries represented at the event to discuss the most important issues in the industry. Check out several sessions from the event in this week's required viewing.
Required viewing this week
Cryptocurrency, Money, and the Future with Naval Ravikant — www.youtube.com
A fireside chat with Naval Ravikant, who articulates why cryptocurrencies matter as well as anyone in the world.
Understanding Decentralized Exchange — www.youtube.com
Decentralized exchange is a product uniquely enabled by blockchains that started to see some real adoption this year with EtherDelta being the most widely used Ethereum application. Three leaders from important DEX projects talk about the future.
The Tokenization of Earn.com with Balaji Srinivasan — www.youtube.com Balaji Srinivasan of Earn.com talks about the crypto idea maze and the tokenization of Earn.com. To learn more check out: Earn.com: http://earn.com/ Thoughts...
Paths to Achieving Blockchain Scalability — www.youtube.com
Cryptokitties has clogged the Ethereum blockchain and the Bitcoin blocksize debate has plagued Bitcoin for the past 3 years. It's no secret scalability is one of the most important issues for blockchains and 3 of the best technical minds thinking about scalability discuss different approaches.
The Usability of Digital Assets - YouTube — www.youtube.com
Taylor Monahan of MyEtherWallet, Thomas France of Ledger, Linda Xie of Scalar Capital, and Ben Reynolds of Silvergate discuss the usability of digital assets.
This newsletter is curated by 1confirmation, an early stage crypto fund that supports founders fueling the decentralization of the web and society