Seven Trends in Blockchain Computing

In a follow-up to a podcast episode which originally aired in April 2017 (https://a16z.com/2017/04/03/cryptocurrencies-protocols-appcoins/), a16z Crypto Fund General Partner Chris Dixon returns to talk with Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital in a free-wheeling conversation about the seven major trends they see happening in blockchain computing now as we shift from basic protocol design to pragmatic product launches: - Improving developer productivity - Scaling out versus scaling up - On-chain governance - Proof of Stake Networks, and especially their resilience to attacks - 2017: year of of fund raising, 2019: year of launches - Autonomous and re-mixable code - Killer apps: distributed finance and beyond