a16z crypto's Chris Lyons on What Comes After NFTs
Sign up for this week’s live conversation with a16z's Chris Lyons, a trailblazer at the intersection of art and technology.
Artwrld editor-at-large Andrew Goldstein will be hosting a live conversation with a16z crypto's Chris Lyons via Zoom this Thursday, January 30th, at 12:00 PM EST.
This event is supported by Digital Original.
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About the Conversation
NFT. MP3. JPG. MP4. What do all of those little acronyms have in common? If you ask a16z crypto’s Chris Lyons, he’d say they are breakthrough technologies that paved the way for porting humanity’s artistic ingenuity into the digital world.
But whereas three out of those four technologies became the building blocks for world-changing application layers, from YouTube to Spotify to the photos on your iPhone, NFTs seem to have so far… stalled, at least in terms of realizing some grander paradigm for a digital art ecosystem.
So what is the path forward for digital art that can meaningfully realize the promise of the blockchain?
Well, let’s ask a16z’s Chris Lyons! As an entrepreneur, board member at Yuga Labs, and, as his day job, president of Web3 media at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, he has a unique vantage point on how NFTs got to where they are today, and how they could evolve from here on out.
This week, I am very pleased to talk to Chris about this fascinating and pivotal moment in the world of Web3 culture—and why the real innovation is just getting started.
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