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Balaji Srinivasan

What Balaji Srinivasan thinks about crypto

@balaji-srinivasan · 25 positions · 0 changes of mind

Co-founder of Counsyl and of Earn.com; a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz from 2013 to 2018 and chief technology officer of Coinbase from 2018 to 2019. Wrote The Network State, which he publishes free and in full at thenetworkstate.com, and writes at balajis.com.

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5 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Balaji Srinivasan has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingThe blockchain is the most important development in history since the invention of writing, because it is a cryptographically verifiable, highly replicated, unfalsifiable, complete digital record.

    Their wordsAs incredible as it may sound, the blockchain is the most important development in history since the advent of writing itself, as it’s a cryptographically verifiable, highly replicated, unfalsifiable, and provably complete digital record of a system.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com 4th of 25 in this piece

    Interesting

  3. Our readingThe world today is dividing into three poles: the American establishment, the Chinese Communist Party, and the global Bitcoin/crypto network.

    Their wordsToday's world is becoming tripolar. It is NYT vs CCP vs BTC. That's the American Establishment vs the Communist Party of China vs the Global Internet.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com 12th of 25 in this piece

    ChinaAmerica

    Interesting

  5. Our readingBitcoin creates more upside and downside than traditional money because it makes users power users with no system administrator to fall back on.

    Their wordsAnother example is Bitcoin. It’s the Unix of money. You can send millions with a keystroke or rm your entire fortune. That’s more upside and more downside, by making people power users, and taking away the system administrator.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com 14th of 25 in this piece

    Interesting

  7. Our readingSatoshi Nakamoto and Vitalik Buterin are substantially more capable than the officials at institutions like the Federal Reserve, a fact the US establishment fails to recognize.

    Their wordsJust like Hollywood once compared Netflix to the Albanian Army, the US establishment doesn’t yet understand how much better Satoshi Nakamoto or Vitalik Buterin is than every apparatchik they have in the Federal Reserve system.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com 15th of 25 in this piece

    interest rates

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  9. Our readingThe Bitcoin Maximalist premise that Bitcoin is the only legitimate coin and all other digital assets are illegitimate is mistaken.

    Their wordsI disagree with the fundamental moral premise of Maximalism, which is that Bitcoin is the only coin and all other digital assets are sins.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com 18th of 25 in this piece

    Interesting