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126: Friend Tech, App Store vs. Crypto, Community Notes & ARM IPO

The NIA boys discuss Friend Tech, App Store vs. Crypto, Community Notes, ARM IPO, and much more.


Timestamps:

  • (00:00:00) - Intro
  • (00:00:41) - Meme of the Week
  • (00:05:31) - Friend.tech Overview
  • (00:14:41) - Assigning Monetary Value to Social Capital
  • (00:20:17) - App Store vs. Crypto
  • (00:31:52) - OpenSea Removing Royalties
  • (00:47:35) - How Community Notes Works
  • (00:50:15) - Vitalik on Community Notes
  • (01:03:15) - ARM IPO
  • (01:15:13) - The Malleability of Social Reality



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Links Mentioned:

Meme of the Week

TechCrunch Article on Friend.tech

Eugene Wei on Stratechery

Brian Armstrong Tweet

Vitalik’s Community Notes Blog Post


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