Drawing Capital – Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology
Drawing Capital – Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology
Sagar Joshi, Managing Partner; Jugal Lodaya, Managing Partner, Drawing Capital April 12, 2021
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Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Presented by: Sagar Joshi and Jugal Lodaya
1 Disclosures
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2 ABOUT
At Drawing Capital, our mission is to help investors capture the expansion of a technology-forward world while maintaining total alignment of goals and incentives. In doing so, we believe we can broaden the economic foundation of our Limited Partners and empower them to further support the causes and relationships that are most important to them.
We leverage our expertise in finance, technology, and data science to create a robust framework for decision-making, and introduce opportunities in public markets not captured by passive investing.
3 Topics Covered
1 History 4 Valuation
2 Blockchain 5 Opportunities
3 Varieties 6 Adoption
4 SECTION I
History
5 Money & Finance
● Role of Money ● Role of Finance ○ Store of value ○ Connecting lenders to borrowers ○ Medium of exchange ○ Transfer of value and risk between parties ○ Unit of account ○ Community empowerment for improved standard of living
● A social consensus mechanism bound by 4 traits ○ Code / Architecture ○ Market and Economic Forces ○ Explicit Laws and Mandates by the Government ○ Social Conventions and Norms
Data Source: MIT Lecture and Larry Lessig’s 4 Forces Book 6 Digital Currency Failures
DigiCash by David CyberCash by Lynch, Hashcash by Adam Back Chaum Melton, Crocker & Wilson
1989 1994 1997
1993 1996 1998
Mondex by National E-gold by Gold and Silver Bit Gold by Nick Szabo Westminster Bank Reserve
7 Why Digital Currencies Failed
1 Low merchant adoption 3 Consensus of a common ledger
2 Use of centralization 4 Double spending problem
8 Timeline of Digital / Mobile Payments
PayPal
Ericsson Telenor Partnership MPesa Safaricom WeChat Pay 2003 2011 2014
1998 2007 2013 AliPay Google Wallet Apple Pay
Starbucks Mobile App
9 SECTION II
Blockchain
10 Idea
System of records (blocks) chained together to form an eventually stable decentralized system.
A Block Data
B Chain
C
11 Hash A
Hash Function b31d032cfdcf47 a399990a71e43 c5d2a A function that maps arbitrary inputs to fixed Hash B sized outputs. d63d0e21fdc05f 618d55ef306c54 af82 “hello” zfd280436
Hash C
fc741db0a2968c 39d9c2a5cc75b 05370 “Hello” bac3b0051
12 Mining
Solving a complex math problem to add a block onto the chain.
Block
0000...???? A B ? ???????
Nonce
Bitcoin’s Protocol Finding a suitable hash (starts with 0’s) for a block of data + a nonce.
13 SECTION III
Varieties
14 Bitcoin
Digital Decentralized Store of Value
15 Trait Gold Bitcoin
Trusted for thousands of years Yes No
Low volatility among commodities & currencies Yes No
Traded on a regulated exchange Yes Yes
Limited amount in existence Yes Yes
Markets determine the value Yes Yes
Strive to be used globally Yes Yes
Is mined over time Yes Yes
Uncorrelated to other assets Yes Yes Bitcoin vs Gold Easy to store No Yes Easily divisible into small units No Yes
Quickly moved across the world No Yes
Cheaply moved across the world No Yes
Easily secured No (safe/vault) Yes (2 factor auth)
Users control the financial system No (monarch/banks) Yes (protocols/forks)
Requires computer skills No Yes
Able to evolve over time No Yes
● Discussion of differences in investment objectives, costs, liquidity, fluctuations, and tax considerations 16 Bitcoin Forks
Bitcoin Bitcoin Bitcoin Dark
Bitcoin ABC
Bitcoin Gold Bitcoin Diamond Bitcoin Cash Bitcoin SV Ethereum
Digital Decentralized Smart Contracts
18 1 Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Apps (Dapps)
2 Payments Ethereum Use Cases 3 Non Fungible Tokens (NFT)
4 Stable Coins
19 Altcoins
Chainlink Aave Binance
Enables data integration for smart Pays interest on deposited assets Acts as shares of Binance, a popular contracts without a custodian crypto exchange
20 Number of Projects Growing
Data Source: Statista and Coin Market Cap Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any investments or products displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations. SECTION IV
Valuation
22 Valuing Bitcoin
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any investments or products displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations.
23 Ideas to Value Ethereum
Disinflationary; 18M Ether 1 created annually
2 Value of 884+ ERC20 tokens
3 Transaction Volume
Demand for Ethereum for 4 DeFi/Dapps
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any investments or products displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations.
24 Ideas to Value ChainLink
This data is shown for explaining that Chainlink simply generates revenue. This data should not be used to project past or future performance of Chainlink. Data Source: Chainlink Market 25 SECTION V
Adoption
26 1 Software is more honest than humans
2 Hyperinflation and debasement in US, VE, ZI
Why Now? 3 Decentralization is power to the people
4 Physical assets hinder an increasingly digital world
5 Opportunity for higher returns in crypto’s disruption
27 Companies Buying Bitcoin e.g. 1 MicroStrategy, Square, etc
2 New Financial Products e.g. Crypto IRAs & Funds Investment Exposure 3 Crypto Derivatives and Lending Growth
4 More Apps Offering Crypto e.g. SoFi, CashApp, etc
28 1 Double Spending Attacks
2 Hacks and Breaches vs Cold Storage Risks
3 Personal Responsibility vs Insured Custodian
4 Scandals on Social Media
29 Altcoin Dominance Grows
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any investments or products displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations. Data Source: Coin Market Cap Crypto Market Cap
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any investments or products displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations. Data Source: Coin Market Cap SECTION VI
Opportunities
32 Popular Crypto Vehicles
GBTC BITW ETHE
Grayscale Bitcoin Bitwise Grayscale Ethereum Trust Trust
33 Crypto Platforms
Coinbase Binance Kucoin BlockFi
Most commonly Largest crypto Shares almost Offers high used U.S. crypto exchange in the half of profits interest crypto exchange. world by volume. with investors. lending.
140+ coins 1000+ coins Up to 25% 8.6% on USD 1.5% fee 0.1% fee dividend yield 5.5% on BTC
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any investments or products displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations. Data Source: Coin Market Cap, BlockFi, Binance, Coinbase, Kucoin, Investopedia 34 Crypto Disruptions
1 Tokenizing Stocks 4 Non Custodial Finance
2 NFT for Digital Assets 5 Frictionless Global Transfers
3 Store of Value 6 Crypto-democracy
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