Ep 20 - Tony Sheng - Building Virtual Worlds and Valuing Decentralization

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twentieth episode features Tony Sheng. Tony is currently leading product at Decentraland, an open virtual world running on Ethereum. He's also a prolific writer in the decentralization space, and he publishes weekly on topics ranging from in-game economies and growth models to investment valuations, governance, and censorship. Previously Tony worked on products at companies like Google and AltspaceVR, and he remains very interested in virtual reality. On this episode Tony talks about what he's currently reading and writing, what important metrics are for early-stage projects, how replacement cost can be used as a valuation model, and how growth, ownership, and games are all interconnected. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Tony's website: www.tonysheng.com Decentraland: www.decentraland.org Enigma: www.enigma.co 
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