Ethereum

Is the following a good analogy?
1. The Internet aspires to be neutral infrastructure for communication.
2. Permissionless blockchains aspire to be neutral infrastructure for computation.

I'm going back on the academic lecture circuit in 2024 (often with skeptical audiences), so I'm currently fine-tuning my blockchain+web3 arguments/analogies/explanations. Feedback very welcome!!

Head of research at a16z crypto.
Professor, Columbia University.

Initial reactions: internet = neutral infrastructure is not clicking. it's technically right but doesn't evoke the aha moment when we compare to blockchains.

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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Thanks for the feedback! Thoughts on alternatives?

It boils down to who has root.

I think the fundamental innovation of blockchains is that they are open state databases, where it’s standard to have many different root users.

That’s new.

It boils down to who has root.

I think the fundamental innovation of blockchains is that they are open state databases, where it’s standard to have many different root users.

That’s new.
https://balajis.com/p/yes-you-may-need-a-blockchain

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Blockchains as the new rule-based order.

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https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics/