Y Combinator

Y Combinator is an investor and accelerator for early-stage startups. Y Combinator is an investor in startups like Coinbase and Stripe.

Y Combinator people

Top experts from the Y Combinator network.

Reviews by Y Combinator people

Cryptocurrency reviews from the executives, employees and alumni of Y Combinator.

  • Peter Thiel on Bitcoin Partner at the Founders Fund

    I would be long Bitcoin, and neutral to skeptical of just about everything else at this point with a few possible exceptions. There will be one online equivalent to gold, and the one you'd bet on would be the biggest.

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    2018-03-15

  • Garry Tan on Decred Co-founder and Managing Partner at Initiaized

    Decred is a functioning test bed for how to do proof of stake with governance. Iā€™m a big fan.

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    2018-05-12

  • Garry Tan on Nano Co-founder and Managing Partner at Initiaized

    Nano is an interesting example for a future FairCoin: no premine except for a small 4.5% set aside for core team and bug bounties. No mining. No further dilution. Almost all coins were distributed quietly via captcha faucet to ensure wide initial distribution.

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    2018-02-04

  • Garry Tan on Ethereum Co-founder and Managing Partner at Initiaized

    If decentralized apps become the dominant use of cryptocurrency, Ethereum has two main moats: 1) API moat for developer ecosystem and 2) end-user moat around use of Toshi/MetaMask wallets. All would-be challengers will need to overcome those two early advantages.

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    2018-01-07

  • Sam Altman on Bitcoin President of Y Combinator

    One big difference between BTC and the internet: when the internet was 6 years old, the people that said it was the future used it every day.

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    2014-11-22