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Thoughts On Tokens

09.23.2017 - By Zach SegalPlay

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In this episode featuring 21 Co-Founder and a16z Partner **Balaji Srinivasan** , you’ll learn:

* The basics of what a digital token is, how various tokens differ from each other, and why tokens have surged in interest lately

* Why tokens have only recently become possible due to years of digital currency infrastructure

* What exactly you receive or hold rights to when you purchase a digital token

* Why tokens are such a compelling alternative to traditional financing

* How token models enable fundamentally new types of business models that could power the next wave of internet companies

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