Tokengated Commerce

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[00:02:16] - [First question] - What Shopify itself is as an ecosystem and service

[00:05:14] - An example of interoperability and the power of platforms outside of Shopify 

[00:07:02] - How interoperability and platforms come together

[00:12:08] - Where a constraint-standard resulted in failure 

[00:14:26] - Why Shopify is so heavily invested in tokengated commerce

[00:17:10] - Lessons learned about the scarcity function of tokens and how they’ll work

[00:20:34] - Whether or not Shopify will be building their own crypto wallet  

[00:24:48] - The important role blockchains play in tokengated economics

[00:28:16] - Overview of the mechanics and offering Shopify is building 

[00:32:16] - Tokens help establish protocol adoption

[00:34:27] - Which blockchains and protocols will be mostly used in Shopify’s endeavor  

[00:36:33] - Why can’t it be key-gated instead of tokengated

[00:39:00] - Conjuring demand and how Shopify will create demand for their new system

[00:45:46] - The differences between someone's identity and a token holder

[00:47:55] - Signals that suggest tokengated commerce will be a big thing 

[00:51:02] - Why this concept hasn’t been more widely adopted already

[00:54:39] - When there will be a solution to easily create and distribute tokens

[00:56:39] - Where things will go from here 

[00:59:35] - Reasons why this might not have taken off in five years