Molly WhiteMar 11, 2024

Kickstarter's bizarre blockchain announcement in December 2021 makes so much more sense now that we know Andreessen Horowitz secretly promised them $100 million to pivot to a blockchain-based product built on the also-a16z-backed Celo blockchain.

At the time, I wondered why COO Sean Leow was so insistent on the move despite being apparently very confused about the whole concept.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/11/kickstarter-blockchain-a16z-crypto-secret-investment-chris-dixon/
(archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20240311124253/https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/11/kickstarter-blockchain-a16z-crypto-secret-investment-chris-dixon/)

#AndreessenHorowitz #crypto #blockchain #kickstarter

The untold story of Kickstarter’s crypto Hail Mary—and the secret $100 million a16z-led investment to save its fading brand

Inside the once-hot startup’s struggle to regain relevance despite a massive check from the crypto arm of venture giant Andreessen Horowitz.

Fortune
Show threadJames BrittMar 11, 2024

@molly0xfff

If you get blocked:

https://1ft.io/proxy/?q=https%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2Fcrypto%2F2024%2F03%2F11%2Fkickstarter-blockchain-a16z-crypto-secret-investment-chris-dixon%2F

The untold story of Kickstarter’s crypto Hail Mary—and the secret $100 million a16z-led investment to save its fading brand

Inside the once-hot startup’s struggle to regain relevance despite a massive check from the crypto arm of venture giant Andreessen Horowitz.

Fortune
Show threadMolly White
@jamesbritt ah, thanks, sometimes i don't notice when articles are paywalled because of a browser extension i use. edited the post with a wayback link
Mar 11, 2024 at 4:21pmWeb
Show threadShadSterlingMar 11, 2024
@molly0xfff @jamesbritt what extension is that?
Show threadMolly WhiteMar 11, 2024
@ShadSterling https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

GitHub
Show threadShadSterlingMar 11, 2024
@molly0xfff thanks!
Show threadJames BrittMar 11, 2024

@ShadSterling @molly0xfff

I just add 1ft.io/ to the front of the url.