In his new book, a16z GP Chris Dixon fails to identify a single blockchain project that has successfully provided a non-speculative service at any kind of scale
Prominent crypto venture capitalist Chris Dixon provides an unconvincing bible for blockchain solutionists. — 1×
Citation Needed Molly White
Related Coverage
- Review: In “Read Write Own”, the Andreessen Horowitz general partner and web3 superfan Chris Dixon lays out an unconvincing argument that blockchains are what it will take to fix the web. — https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... #web3 #blockchain #cryptocurrency #crypto #AndreessenHorowitz #CitationNeeded @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · Molly White
- Look, you don't *have* to read @molly0xfff's defenestration of Chris Dixon, but honestly, life is short and nice things are few and far between; particularly in tech: — https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... @slightlyoff@toot.cafe · Alex Russell
- A review of Chris Dixon's new book “Read Write Own” on the virtues of web3 finds he doesn't identify a single successful blockchain project that isn't based on speculation on the price of some token going up. — A16Z needs bag holders to save their portfolio — https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... @carnage4life@mas.to · Dare Obasanjo
- ‘"While plenty of people recognize their potential—including me—much of the establishment disregards them," complains a general partner at one of the most powerful venture capital firms in the web space’ — 😂 — https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... Is The Establishment like a character on Jersey Shore? @johnallsopp@indieweb.social · John Allsopp
- There are few things I'm more grateful for than somebody reading a bad book so I don't have to. I salute @molly0xfff for slogging through 320 pages of A16Z's poorly considered brochure for a technology that has never been good for basically anything. https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... @williampietri@sfba.social · William Pietri
- In which our heroine, Molly White, @molly0xfff explains in excruciating detail how Chris Dixon has Read, Write, Pwned himself https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... @KevinMarks@xoxo.zone · Kevin Marks
- A characteristically great review from Molly White of Chris Dixon's disclosure-free shilling of blockchains as a way to save the web. Read, written, owned. #Technology https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... @ben@werd.social · Ben Werdmuller
- Just lovely when @molly0xfff finds a soft target, in this case hapless a16z crypto-shill Chris Dixon: https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... @timbray@cosocial.ca · Tim Bray
- Enjoying posting this to Mastodon, which I have been informed by Chris Dixon is a failure. — He's real mad Mastodon won't use a blockchain, btw. — [image] @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · Molly White
Discussion
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@jimray@mastodon.social
@jimray@mastodon.social
on mastodon
The way @molly0xfff ethers Chris Dixon down to the subatomic level here is just so satisfying — https://www.citationneeded.news/ ...
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@dangillmor@mastodon.social
Dan Gillmor
on mastodon
The latest screed from the Andreessen Horowitz bros insists that the blockchain sector — by amazing coincidence a major part of the firm's portfolio — will save basically everything. — Please read what @molly0xfff has to say about this. …
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@danielgkuhn
Daniel Kuhn
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some excellent (and excruciating) one-liners in this review https://www.citationneeded.news/ ...
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@quinnypig
Corey Quinn
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When someone plays fast and loose with ethics, there's no happy ending.
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@quinnypig
Corey Quinn
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Honestly, his complete lack of disclosure of any of a16z's investments in the companies he's pumping mean that he can be very safely ignored. You don't want to do business with those types.
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@jackivaughan
Jack Vaughan
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Magnificent Molly White - Great take down of a questionable prophet. Wondering: who is this book for? A: The Family Office that is soon to part with its money. https://www.citationneeded.news/ ...
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@tomphilpott
Tom Philpott
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Delicious @molly0xFFF takedown of an Andreessen Horowitz bro's instantly dated, dead-on-arrival book desperately hyping “web3.” https://www.citationneeded.news/ ...
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@mattschaar
@mattschaar
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Over the past few weeks, I had seen a lot of tech-adjacent publications review Read Write Own. I had been waiting for @molly0xFFF's own take, and by golly, it's a good one. one of my favorite sections is below: https://www.citationneeded.news/ ... [image]
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@molly0xfff
Molly White
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It's worth noting that Andreessen Horowitz is running a huge marketing blitz around this book. This isn't just Chris Dixon misreading the room and publishing his book two years too late — they're trying to drum up the next story to sell people on crypto. https://twitter.com/...
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@billywhizz1970
Andrew Johnston
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“It seems to me that Dixon's target audience must just be the believers: the people who are already convinced, and want little more than a book to nod along to” thanks @molly0xFFF - i don't have to bother reading this now! 🥳 https://www.citationneeded.news/ ...
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r/Buttcoin
r
on reddit
Molly White reviews Chris Dixon's new book (Read Write Own). Total joke.