tech, startups, internet

Networking and the metaverse.

Part 3 of the series by Matthew Ball covers bandwidth, latency, and reliability of networks. “If we want to interact in a large, real-time, shared, and persistent virtual environment, we will need to receive a superabundance of cloud-streamed data.” | learn more

on the blockchain

The Ball Multicoin Bitwise metaverse Index.

Multicoin Capital teamed up with “Matthew Ball (who has established himself as the defining voice on the metaverse on the web), and Bitwise (the most prominent crypto-native asset management firm focused on passive investments) to create the Ball Multicoin Bitwise […]

tech, startups, internet

The metaverse primer.

This is an oft-cited 8-part series by Matthew Ball. “The purpose of this essay is to offer a way to think about the emergence of the Metaverse.” | learn more

big ideas

What’s happening to the music business? 

Matthew Ball of REDEF offers a really comprehensive analysis of how the music industry has evolved through the major sea changes of digitization, piracy, streaming, and more. He also lays out what the future might look like, and what it’ll […]