"...you may ask yourself, 'Well, how did I get here?'". Wait. No, that's Talking Heads. Let's take it from the top.
You may ask yourself, what was the deal with all the Andreessen posts this weekend.*
And the answer is: a16z is almost single-handedly trying to stake out the be-all and end-all real estate of Web3. From his directorship at Meta/Facebook to the crypto stuff highlighted by Coinbase ($250 direct listing, $335.90 high, $41.23 last), to a few dozen other corporate entities, Marc Andreessen is the man.
If any of the play-to-earn gaming in the metaverse with crypto things really take off.
At the moment however:
Unfortunately, the formerly venerated firm sold its soul for quick profits and massive management fees. In this thread I'll compile some of the many, many tweets in which I've called out @a16z and their loudest partner pushing their fraudulent "crypto" efforts, @cdixon.
— Cory at Swan Bitcoin (@coryklippsten) November 14, 2022
Here's the one where @a16z shilled Helium, a ponzi scheme pretending to be a decentralized Internet connectivity network: https://t.co/FmMLkXUk7N
— Cory at Swan Bitcoin (@coryklippsten) November 14, 2022
....MUCH MORE (THREAD)
And from the r/cringe subreddit:
Marc Andreessen struggles to explain a single Web3 use case to Tyler Cowen
Media and Tech: "The Unauthorized Story of Andreessen Horowitz"
"Andreessen passed on FTX, and made a killing selling tokens"
"The Dubrovnik Interviews: Marc Andreessen - Interviewed by a Retard"
We will be posting on Web3 and Marc Andreessen, its greatest promoter, in all its Metaverse, cryptocurrency, play-to-earn-gaming glory and this is as good a place to start as any.
Also, I had forgotten about Taylor Lorenz lying about Andreessen's use of the "R" word....
Much more to come.
Here's some older stuff:
"Marc Andreessen Has a Pretty Creepy Relationship With Zuck" (FB)
Marc Andreessen In the New Yorker:
13,000+ words.
