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RT @cdixon: Stablecoins: Payment without an intermediary The Internet makes information free and global. So why is it still so difficult?

RT @milesjennings: Over 4 years on @a16zcrypto, I found writing to be the best tool to explore the complexity of encryption - from the suggestion Foun...

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In this episode, we talk about Crypto: One of the most familiar and misunderstood mechanisms in Airdrop. We explore the history of pneumatic tables inside and outside the cryptocurrency, the challenges of inspiring design and the learning from the airdrops so far. We also answered questions like how do you avoid Sybil attacks and professional gas-dish tillage? Should your drop be big, once or continuously? What happens when an AI agent enters the mix? To solve all the problems we have joined @eddylazzarin, @darenmatsuoka, @ahall_research and @rhhackett Whether you are planning a token release, looking for token rewards, or wondering why Airdrops is such a powerful mechanism in cryptocurrency - this episode is for you. Timestamp: 0:00-Introduction 1:42-What is airdrop? 6:27-Token vs. Traditional Fairness 8:49-Motivational Design Challenge 15:18 - From Credit Card to Cryptocurrency Origin 17:14-Optimistic Case Study 23:09 -NFT Market Learning 28:32- Sybil resists and validates humans 33:04- Uniswap Airdrop and others 36:35- The Future of AI Agents and Air Conditioners 40:33 - Connect to Performance Review 45:30-Symbolic Attribution and Volatility 49:08-Experiment and Best Practices 59:20 -Batesian Mimicry

RT @JasonRosenthal: 1/We just finished the first week of @A16ZCrypto Crypto Start Accelerator (CSX). This is the beginning of our fifth coho…

RT @milesjennings: @Secgov just posted excellent guidance on Stablecoins - clearly identifying where they belong to S...

RT @milesjennings: Network tokens (BTC, ETH, SOL) vs. company-supported tokens (FTT): 1⃣Is the system open? 2⃣The network effect will be produced...

In this episode, we are talking about congestion pricing – an area of ​​mechanism design that aims to alleviate what everyone hates: traffic. In today’s first part, we will track the history of economic thought that brought us here. In the middle, we will dig deep into the details of putting congestion pricing into practice, as well as technical alternatives. In the last section, we will explore similarities to encrypted networks. Our guest is Michael Ostrovsky (@mostrovs), a professor of economics at Stanford University who specializes in this field and conducts traffic congestion pricing research in New York. Ours is also joined by A16Z crypto research partner Scott Kominers (@skominers), a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches marketing design and entrepreneurship. With our host @RHHACKETT. Timestamp: 00:00-Introduction 01:51 -NYC proposal history 03:38-Economic Theory of Congestion Pricing 09:15-Implementation: Challenges and Solutions 26:00 - Technology Alternatives and Drones 29:49 - Overnight delivery and other possibilities 35:20 - Carpooling and how to encourage 39:34 - Congestion Pricing and Encryption 47:59-Blockchain course