110 - The Internet Reset | Alexis Ohanian
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🗓️ 21 March 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Alexis Ohanian is the Co-Founder of Reddit, as well as the Founder of venture capital firm SevenSevenSix. As a builder-turned-technology entrepreneur, Alexis is focused on making the world a better place through novel projects and initiatives like Coinbase, Axie Infinity, Opensea, and Riverside (which we used to record this episode!)
We explore how Alexis would rebuild Reddit for Web3, and how many emergent behaviors in the early days of Reddit and the internet are surfacing again—this time, on steroids with crypto-enabled communities. Alexis is concerned with empowering the good parts about internet culture, doubling down on the importance of community and culture.
Tune in for sage advice on investment insights and investor cheat codes—where are the next opportunities? Wherever they are, Alexis is sure to be found there.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
6:00 Alexis Ohanian is Having Fun
8:57 Getting Into Crypto
16:40 Reddit and Web3
24:52 Emergent Behaviors
34:00 Rebuilding a Web3 Reddit
39:38 Internet Reputation
45:00 Permissionless Web3
53:52 What’s on the Horizon?
1:00:26 Seven Seven Six
1:04:10 The Case for Optimism
1:07:24 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Alexis on Twitter
https://twitter.com/alexisohanian?s=20&t=YFn8AnfCSkaWdAxctt9QXw
SevenSevenSix
https://twitter.com/sevensevensix?s=20&t=YFn8AnfCSkaWdAxctt9QXw
Alexis’ Art
https://opensea.io/assets/0xb6329bd2741c4e5e91e26c4e653db643e74b2b19/696
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier of internet money and internet finance. |
| 0:12.2 | This is how to get started, how to get better, and how to front run the opportunity. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Ryan Sean Adams. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm here with David Hoffman, and we're here to help you become more Bankless. |
| 0:22.0 | Great episode for you guys today, the internet reseg. |
| 0:25.0 | We just pull out the power cord and restart this whole thing. |
| 0:29.2 | That's the idea we get into this discussion with Alexis Ohanian, who has been recently |
| 0:33.4 | crypto-pilled. |
| 0:34.4 | A few things to take away from this episode. |
| 0:36.5 | Number one, here's his story, how did Alexis actually get crypto-pilled? |
| 0:41.0 | The founder of Reddit, co-founder of Reddit, he fell down the rabbit hole. |
| 0:44.8 | What does that look like? |
| 0:45.8 | Number two, how he'd actually rebuild Reddit if it was on Web 3. |
| 0:50.5 | What does that look like? |
| 0:51.5 | And number three, his investor cheat codes. |
| 0:54.3 | Where are the next opportunities in crypto? |
| 0:56.4 | We on the lookout for some of those that are mentioned as well. |
| 0:59.3 | David, what were your thoughts on this conversation with Alexis? |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, I very clearly remembered the moment I got into Reddit and started to understand |
| 1:07.4 | what was really going on there. |
| 1:09.5 | The thing that captivated me about that platform was just the emergent behaviors that the |
| 1:14.4 | platform enabled the communities. |
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