John GordonNIFTY Blockchain Gaming ThoughtsI had a great time at the NIFTY conference put on in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago by Kenetic and Decentraland. The conference was…Aug 9, 20181Aug 9, 20181
John GordonAre we stuck with the term “ICO”?ICO is an imprecise and confusing acronym.May 8, 2018May 8, 2018
John GordonExploring a 4th hypothesisIn “Paths to Tens of Trillions”, Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani explores stories of how cryptoassets could become “super mega winner(s)”…Mar 18, 2018Mar 18, 2018
John GordonDecentralization must be better to winI was really excited by the vision Blockstack presented at their conference in Berlin last week. They did a great job of framing what the…Mar 8, 2018Mar 8, 2018
John GordonBitcoin, Gold, Store of Value, and Switching CostsOne of the most popular stories about bitcoin is that it is digital gold, and that it may succeed (is succeeding?) as a store of value even…Feb 23, 2018Feb 23, 2018
John Gordon“positive change through limits on authority via technology”I’ve been thinking about blockchains and societal change, and, more generally, about the divide between revolutionists and incrementalists…Feb 21, 2018Feb 21, 2018
John GordonGovernance best practices are contextualI really enjoyed the first episode of the Conspiratus podcast on blockchain protocol governance. Hosts Sunny Aggarwal and Nate Rush were…Feb 15, 2018Feb 15, 2018
John GordonLet’s assume 99% of all tokens go to zeroThe headline from this CNBC article is sort of scary: Most Cryptocurrencies Will Crash to Zero, Goldman Sachs Says.Feb 8, 2018Feb 8, 2018
John GordonWhy I’m excited about crypto collectiblesPeople laugh at Crypto Kitties. They “broke” Ethereum. They show the frivolity of the crypto space (Beanie Babies! Still a thing, by the…Feb 6, 2018Feb 6, 2018
John GordonCrypto analogiesI was listening to Tim Urban on Kevin Rose’s podcast, and he brought up the distinction that Elon Musk has made between reasoning by…Jan 31, 2018Jan 31, 2018