This week’s episode is from a session Pete Townsend hosted with Alex Tapscott, author of ‘Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier’ (Harper Collins). Alex and Pete were joined by venture investors Justin Swart from BITKRAFT Ventures and Sterling Campbell from Blockchain Capital.
In this chat, Pete asked Alex to share his thoughts on what to expect next from those building in web3. Following this, a conversation ensued with Alex, Justin, and Sterling on the critical need for accessibility in technology, the future of web3 user growth, the role of gaming in web3 adoption, alignment of value and protocols, the movement towards decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) and the future of blockchain protocols.
PANELISTS:
Alex Tapscott – Author of ‘Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier’ (and ‘Blockchain Revolution’), Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Ninepoint Partners, a Toronto-based alternative investment manager and Founder at Blockchain Research Institute.
Justin Swart – Principal at BITKRAFT Ventures, a global investment platform specializing in Synthetic Reality: the space where our physical and digital worlds converge. Driven by video games and gaming technology, web3, and AI. BITKRAFT’s portfolio includes Epic Games, Discord and Immutable.
Sterling Campbell – Investor at Blockchain Capital, partners to crypto builders since 2013, with investments including Techstars Berlin 2018 alum Arweave, Aave, Coinbase, Kraken and OpenSea.
TIMESTAMPS:
02:12 Alex Tapscott’s Journey and Vision for Web 3
03:23 Justin Swartz’s Gaming and Investment Background
04:27 Sterling Campbell’s Career Transition to Blockchain
06:11 Discussion on Alex Tapscott’s New Book on Web3
07:26 The Future of Web3 Users Growth
09:17 The Convergence of Technologies in Web3
14:09 The Role of Gaming in Web3 Adoption
22:30 The Metaverse and the Future of Gaming
25:42 The Cycles of Crypto and Web3
27:13 The Importance of Aligning Value with Protocol
27:58 The Impact of Social Tokens
28:28 The Future of Protocols
30:03 The Longevity of Blockchain Capital
30:19 The Dominance of Ethereum
32:53 The Evolution of Blockchain Protocols
34:06 The User Experience in Blockchain
35:34 The Future of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure
47:07 The Regulatory Landscape of Crypto Ecosystem
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