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awaldstein

@awaldstein

Community and market building, New Yorker, natural wine geek, tech advisor and blogger

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awaldstein
@awaldstein Jul 24, 2018, 10:23 PM UTC

A new paradigm for crypto-philanthropy

Little Honu, the adorable, aquatic CryptoKitty was released to the wilds of the Ethereum blockchain this past week. Ending the first-of-its-kind charity event to benefit oceans and wildlife, but as w…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein Jul 17, 2018, 12:28 AM UTC

Thoughts on hacking philanthropy

Just about everything in our culture is in a state of forward flux today. From how work is being redefined and how goods are produced, to how we organize ourselves as communities to drive and support…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein Jul 13, 2018, 1:30 PM UTC

Private blockchains and the food supply chain

I listened to this WSJ podcast on the possibilities of the blockchain fixing our food supply. They were discussing in broad terms a project where IBM and some large partners were building a private b…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein Jul 11, 2018, 12:46 AM UTC

Hatching Honu the CryptoKitty

Honu the CryptoKitty was hatched this Monday morning when the CryptoKitty Charity Auction went live. This adorable and unique art object that will live forever on the Ethereum blockchain is up for sa…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein Jul 11, 2018, 12:03 AM UTC

Inherent expectations of a decentralized world

The web promised us a new world. Twenty-five years in, it has delivered on a vast amount, created unfettered wealth and streamlined our world. Net net for the better certainly. As someone who worked…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein Jun 23, 2018, 5:10 PM UTC

Riding dockless scooters on LA's West side

I’m a long-term bikeshare and urban transportation geek. I first discovered Velib in Paris a decade ago, and as soon as CitiBike showed in NYC, I was in. Way before stuff worked well. Way before ther…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein Jun 23, 2018, 5:03 PM UTC

Shopping for CBD in a California Cannabis Dispensary

The most significant changes in our culture, driving the largest economic impact, are entering the market in the most messy, rule bending and ambiguous ways. True of transportation (see my post on do…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein May 23, 2018, 3:52 PM UTC

Tokenizing causes for social good

My gut tells me that there is a connection between how we capitalize projects and the creativity we can exhibit in impacting results. I’ve been mulling over how this works, or could work, with crypto…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein May 20, 2018, 11:29 AM UTC

The changing paradigm of storytelling in Hollywood and beyond

Once upon a time, Hollywood movies were where innovative storytelling lived and TV, the domain of romcoms, sitcoms, classic reruns, zany shit and channel changing crap. One of the underlying themes i…

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awaldstein
@awaldstein May 10, 2018, 10:54 AM UTC

Thoughts going into NYC Blockchain Week

NYC Blockchain Week starts today for me. Bookended by events hosted by friends–Bill Tai at the Fluidity Summit and William Mougayar and Nick Tomaino at the Token Summit. The week looks excellent. Con…

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