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Government Just Gave Your ISP Even More Power: You Can Take it Back!
Albert Wenger – Mar 24, 2017
Yesterday the Republican-controlled Senate voted to allow ISPs to sell customer data including browsing history without prior customer consent. I tweeted that in response it is “Time to tunnel all home traffic through a proxy.” First let me explain for [...] Read more
The Disqus Demo Day Story
Fred Wilson – Mar 22, 2017
I've told bits and pieces of this story here on AVC over the years but I don't think I've ever told the whole story. Y Combinator (YC) Demo Day has been going on over the past few days up in [...] Read more
When Will Blockchain-based Decentralization Matter?
Albert Wenger – Mar 20, 2017
I became interested in Bitcoin reasonably early and was fortunate to invest in some early mining (although as with all good investments in retrospect not nearly enough). There is currently a fight brewing in Bitcoin world with the possibility of [...] Read more
What Price Change?
Albert Wenger – Mar 17, 2017
The publication of the budget is a good moment to revisit my personal opposition to Trump. If you have read my draft book “World After Capital” you know that I want a lot of change. Much of the changes that [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: PSA Test Example (Part 3)
Albert Wenger – Mar 16, 2017
OK, so technically it is Thursday but as it turns out I had kind of an epic day yesterday and so Uncertainty Wednesday is a day late (thus introducing some uncertainty about when you will get your next dose of [...] Read more
The Riff
Andy Weissman – Mar 14, 2017
Today we have have posted The Riff #1 to Soundcloud (and soon to iTunes, Google Play and other places I suppose). The Riff is a 24 minute, unedited single conversation about one topic with one person who knows something about [...] Read more
Some Notes from Videohackday
Albert Wenger – Mar 13, 2017
This past Saturday, Susan and Oliver from Ziggeo organized the third New York City Videohackday. Turnout was terrific with over 100 participants and 18 teams submitting a project. The format of a one-day event works well and appears to attract [...] Read more
Convertible and SAFE Notes
Fred Wilson – Mar 12, 2017
Angel/seed rounds used to be done via priced equity securities, either common or preferred. Then, starting about ten years ago, we started to see convertible debt being used in the angel and seed rounds. By 2010 this was the norm [...] Read more
Vault 7, Endpoint Security and Why We Need Blockchain Infrastructure
Albert Wenger – Mar 10, 2017
With the release by Wikileaks of the so-called Vault 7 CIA Hacking tools, the debate has once again turned to the effectiveness and role of encryption. As Zeynep Tufekci (you should absolutely follow her on Twitter) rightly points out, this [...] Read more