The future of the creator economy with Web3: Alex Shkor & Illia Polosukhin
NEAR Protocol is a smart contract platform that places simplicity, security, and scalability at its core. It is eliminating the barriers to Web3 adoption with high speeds, low fees, and progressive UX. Instruments and tools developed by NEAR solve issues related to trust, reputation, and the security of transactions, which are important pillars of the creator economy.
Alex Shkor, co-founder of DEIP, and Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR, talk about what is more important in creating smart contracts — development or focus on product — how they will provide a breakthrough for the creator economy, and whether it is worth jumping into the Web3 space now or it’s too late for beginners (spoiler: no, it’s not too late; this is the future).
Topics discussed in this episode:
⁃ How to get the next billion people on Web3
⁃ Smart contracts as a new way to sell and own digital content
⁃ The creator economy triangle: DeFi, creators, and DAO
⁃ Era of the ownership economy
⁃ The bridge to cross-chain operations
⁃ Blockchain as a way to open source
⁃ NEAR’s standard for NFT
⁃ Buy or not buy Bitcoin now
