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Bitcoin as Battery
Nick Grossman – Mar 20, 2021
One of my favorite things about crypto is that, every so often, your conception of what it is changes. Bitcoin at first was “weird internet money” and then it was “a protocol ” and then it was “digital gold”. Ethereum [...] Read more
Making Butter with Jam
Nick Grossman – Oct 20, 2020
At its best, building a product with others is a joyful, magical process. It’s like being on a championship team and getting into the zone. Or hosting an epic jam session where the band comes together and music flows like [...] Read more
USV Algorand Transparency Statement, Q3 2020
Nick Grossman – Oct 2, 2020
As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities. Entities and financial relationships: USV’s has made its investment in Algorand, [...] Read more
No Wasted Footsteps
Nick Grossman – Sep 23, 2020
This summer, we moved into a new house. Moving is a lot of work. As part of moving out of our old house, we got rid of a lot of junk that we had accumulated over the years. We ended [...] Read more
Hardware-based Identity
Nick Grossman – Jul 31, 2020
I’ve written before about how re-structuring identity is one of the most interesting opportunities on the web today. Today’s identity ecosystem is account-based (accounts with Google, Facebook, Apple, etc), which perpetuates data silos and prevents interoperability & innovation. As web3 [...] Read more
The Beauty of Focus
Nick Grossman – Jul 27, 2020
It has been a stressful year, in so many ways. This morning, I opened up my Calm app to attempt to resurrect my meditation habit. I have had an intermittent meditation practice for years, and despite the fact that it [...] Read more
Second Chance Studios
Nick Grossman – Jul 2, 2020
Several years ago, I started volunteering at Defy Ventures , a program that helps formerly incarcerated individuals start their own businesses. Through Defy, I met an entrepreneur named Coss Marte , who beginning to build a personal fitness business called [...] Read more
USV Algorand Transparency Statement, Q1 & Q2 2020
Nick Grossman – Jul 1, 2020
As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities (we apologize for the delay on the Q1 reporting and our [...] Read more
The Slow Hunch
Nick Grossman – Jun 30, 2020
One of my favorite ideas from the last 10 years is “The Slow Hunch” which my friend Steven Johnson popularized in his book Where Good Ideas Come From . Here is a good summary of the book , and the [...] Read more