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Balaji Srinivasan

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The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

We're all about that here.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

You're all about that.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

That's right.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So this is like OSINT, but for on-chain stuff.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So on-chain intelligence is like OSINT.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Differences, and this is going to be important in my view, right now, the verifiable information in crypto is mainly financial information.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

where there's a major news event and some of the key things, key things were happening on chain.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

With Farcaster and, you know, so Dan Romero is a, to the show, Eric, I think it's fair to say, right, our friend, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Yeah, exactly.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Angel, yeah.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So Dan came up with a protocol called Farcaster and it's still an amazing protocol.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

In fact, you know, he basically, you know, he sold and, you know, he gave over management to the protocol to someone else, but sometimes protocols

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

that's beyond any one company.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And so him, you know, going and doing something else, but the protocol being around, it's still this very, very powerful protocol that I want to do a lot with essentially is like Twitter, but on chain.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Okay.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And allows anybody to post, anybody to read, anybody to write, and crucially to add, verify photos, verify videos, or at least give on chain evidence.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So imagine if much more was on chain, not simply financial data, but

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Much of what goes into an article, you know, years ago I said something as a joke, but then it became true.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

I said, I gave a talk on what I call the, you know, just like a sports article, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Here, I'll find the talk, ready?