Jesse Walden is founder at Variant, previously a (crypto investing) partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and founder at Mediachain Labs (acquired by Spotify). In this episode, he talks with Sasha about:

•How a16z thinks about investing in crypto companies

•Starting a startup using a progressive decentralization path

•How to think about the "layers (not eras) of blockchain computing"

•What it means for crypto to go consumer

Episode links:

Variant - https://variant.fund

A16Z Crypto Startup School - https://a16z.com/crypto-startup-school/

Layers (not eras) of blockchain computing blog post

Jesse Walden - @jessewldn (https://twitter.com/jessewldn)

Sasha Hudzilin - @AliaksandrH (https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH)

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