1/ As the web3 space continues to expand, approaches to decentralization need to evolve. Today, I published this piece for web3 builders on the principles and models of web3 decentralization. Here's a quick guide. 🧵 future.a16z.com/web3-decentral…

DFarmer Giancarlo Azuki License agreement: azuki.com/license 🙏

The Azuki NFT license is very interesting (h/t Kettei). azuki.com/license It contains some innovations that respond to some of the concerns Yan Ji ǝuᴉu ʎʇuǝʍʇ ʇʎlǝɹ and I flagged in our NFT copyright post. (medium.com/initc3org/copy…) 1/

All in all, a very innovative license, and its drafter(s) did a thoughtful job anticipating and dealing with some of the specific challenges that NFTs raise. 12/12

The Metaverse has yet to be fully defined and has unlimited potential, AriannaSimpson.eth Eddy Lazzarin 🟠🔭 and I layout 7 components that will be key to an open permissionless future. future.a16z.com/7-essential-in…

Thanks for the analysis James. Latham & Watkins LLP were a phenomenal partner in this, they fully get web3, and are down to innovate. azuki.com/license

Thank you, B! Congratulations on the release of the Azuki #NFT license. Very proud to be a part of it as your legal counsel.

Ghaith is the man!

First two episodes of the new a16z crypto podcast are out. Chris Dixon Tim Roughgarden Ali Yahya Eddy Lazzarin 🟠🔭 and host Sonal Chokshi dropping lots of web3 knowledge. Great way to get up to speed about where the industry is and where it's headed. web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/

To succeed in the future, you MUST learn web3. These 7 world-changing concepts get you up to speed:

Looking forward to speaking at NFT.NYC next week! lw.com/NFTs?utm_sourc…

Our initial thoughts on the Lummis-Gillibrand legislation, which I think would be a great step forward for the industry. t.lw.com/jw8zqj?utm_sou…

Getting a lot of legal questions from web3 projects about the Ethereum Merge and a potential fork. Here's an article we put out on the subject: fintechanddigitalassets.com/2022/08/legal-…

1/ Today we’re thrilled to be launching a slate of open sourced “Can’t be Evil” NFT licenses. These licenses are designed specifically for NFTs and were inspired by 20-plus years of work by the Creative Commons. a16zcrypto.com/introducing-nf…

+/ I was honored to work with an incredible team to develop these, including Chris Dixon, Latham & Watkins LLP, DLA Piper, 6529, Michael Blau, Mason Hall, Stephanie Zinn, Scott Kominers & Sonal Chokshi, as well as many of our portfolio companies.

It was great working with you miles jennings on this project! Super important to help organize how artwork rights are granted in the NFT ecosystem, and hopefully these tools make it easier for NFT projects to pick the right license grants that work for them.

Love what the toonstar team@ is doing!

Big thanks to Jacob Robinson for hosting the Law of Code podcast, really enjoyed joining with miles jennings and Mark Radcliffe to talk IP and NFT rights. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law…