**Fred Wilson**  
_Sept 4, 2017_  
I wrote this post below on labor day two years ago. From where I sit, very little progress has been made on this since then. That is a problem and also a big opportunity. Some Thoughts On Labor [Read more](https://avc.com/2017/09/union-2-0/)

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**Fred Wilson**  
_Sept 3, 2017_  
A lot of financial processes require multiple signatories, like a wire transfer for example. That adds a level of security and comfort to a process that moves a lot of funds quite quickly. So it makes sense that blockchain technology [Read more](https://avc.com/2017/09/multi-sig-wallets/)

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**Fred Wilson**  
_Sept 2, 2017_  
My friend Steve suggested that I watch this video about the coming changes in energy and transportation and how profound (and rapid) they will be. It’s long (an hour) but worth it. [Read more](https://avc.com/2017/09/video-of-the-week-the-coming-disruption-of-transportation-and-energy/)

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**Fred Wilson**  
_Aug 31, 2017_  
One of the debates that has raged inside and outside of the Bitcoin community since I got involved back in 2012 is whether Bitcoin was a store of value vs a means of payment. When I first started buying and [Read more](http://avc.com/2017/08/store-of-value-vs-payment-system/)

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**Fred Wilson**  
_Aug 31, 2017_  
One of the debates that has raged inside and outside of the Bitcoin community since I got involved back in 2012 is whether Bitcoin was a store of value vs a means of payment. [Read more](https://avc.com/2017/08/store-of-value-vs-payment-system/)

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**Fred Wilson**  
_Aug 30, 2017_  
A number of our portfolio companies that have free web/mobile apps that are monetized by advertising have offered a low-priced subscription offering that removes the ads and, often, offers offline sync on the mobile apps. Here are some examples: Quizlet [Read more](http://avc.com/2017/08/monetizing-a-free-app/)

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**Fred Wilson**  
_Aug 28, 2017_  
Given the explosive increase in the prices of crypto assets this year, there is a growing discussion on how to value them. This is a very good thing. Andy Kessler weighs in on the topic in this WSJ piece which [Read more](http://avc.com/2017/08/how-to-value-crypto-assets/)

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**Fred Wilson**  
_Aug 27, 2017_  
I stayed up until 1am ET last night to watch the Mayweather McGregor fight. We used the Showtime Pay Per View app on AppleTV to watch the fight. We paid $99 to watch the four fights, including the main event. [Read more](http://avc.com/2017/08/pay-per-view-poll/)