The big test is going to be Ethereum's planned upgrade which is supposed to switch it from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake algorithm. If this is successful, it'll greatly reduce the environmental impact of Ethereum (compared to Bitcoin), and could be a driving factor in greater adoption.
There have been six Clubhouse sessions that have plugged me into the future of the platform, and where it might be going.
1. Clubhouse community update. Founders discussing new features, company strategy, culture, and what the future looks like. Reminded me of a much more engaging version of company conference calls. It was somehow more humanised and social. I can see this encroaching on the company conf. call as it's A. much more engaging, and B. much easier. Clubhouse puts events in calendar. To join, one simply open the app. No messing around with Zoom or dial-ins.
2. Elon Musk chat earlier this week. It was like an overcrowded session at a conference, with breakout rooms and people listening on YouTube. This plugged me into the fact it's more like talk radio meets a conference in some regards. Also, semi-permeable.
3. Music jam sessions. Have really been enjoying these, whether instrumental or DJ. Twitch is a bit of overkill.
4. Exponential View session last week. Good topic, and it's dynamic. As the conversation goes on, new voices can be added.
5. Chat on the Slack IPO that turned into a discussion about equality in startups. The host literally handed the session over to someone else because it was no longer about the IPO. It was an amazing moment of a session starting one place, with one host, and ending in another place.
6. Storming of the US capitol. Real time newsfeed from people who were aggregating other sources of news. This was literally like news radio.
From this, I can see that Clubhouse target may not be voice, it may be sound. It's basically social radio stations, or rather radio stations meet social networks. The music support looks incredible, when the quality of the audio is increased. One can imagine live events coming over this. Add in recording tools, and this seems to be the social network for sound, not voice.
It started as how Slack went from IPO to acquisition, and what that meant for the company and team. And somehow morphed into access to capital, and how narrow that opportunity is for most people.
One thing which is going to hold back apps and solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa is the multiple languages. There are so many languages and dialects and they are so different that developing offerings or apps does pay the way it does in other parts of the world. Very sad.
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The big test is going to be Ethereum's planned upgrade which is supposed to switch it from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake algorithm. If this is successful, it'll greatly reduce the environmental impact of Ethereum (compared to Bitcoin), and could be a driving factor in greater adoption.
There have been six Clubhouse sessions that have plugged me into the future of the platform, and where it might be going.
1. Clubhouse community update. Founders discussing new features, company strategy, culture, and what the future looks like. Reminded me of a much more engaging version of company conference calls. It was somehow more humanised and social. I can see this encroaching on the company conf. call as it's A. much more engaging, and B. much easier. Clubhouse puts events in calendar. To join, one simply open the app. No messing around with Zoom or dial-ins.
2. Elon Musk chat earlier this week. It was like an overcrowded session at a conference, with breakout rooms and people listening on YouTube. This plugged me into the fact it's more like talk radio meets a conference in some regards. Also, semi-permeable.
3. Music jam sessions. Have really been enjoying these, whether instrumental or DJ. Twitch is a bit of overkill.
4. Exponential View session last week. Good topic, and it's dynamic. As the conversation goes on, new voices can be added.
5. Chat on the Slack IPO that turned into a discussion about equality in startups. The host literally handed the session over to someone else because it was no longer about the IPO. It was an amazing moment of a session starting one place, with one host, and ending in another place.
6. Storming of the US capitol. Real time newsfeed from people who were aggregating other sources of news. This was literally like news radio.
From this, I can see that Clubhouse target may not be voice, it may be sound. It's basically social radio stations, or rather radio stations meet social networks. The music support looks incredible, when the quality of the audio is increased. One can imagine live events coming over this. Add in recording tools, and this seems to be the social network for sound, not voice.
Hey Nicholas, on number 5, what was the context in which equality in startups was discussed? Like founder equity vs esop etc?
It started as how Slack went from IPO to acquisition, and what that meant for the company and team. And somehow morphed into access to capital, and how narrow that opportunity is for most people.
One thing which is going to hold back apps and solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa is the multiple languages. There are so many languages and dialects and they are so different that developing offerings or apps does pay the way it does in other parts of the world. Very sad.