I think this is referencing an interview where Tyler Cowen interviewed Andreessen and asked him directly about the true value of crypto and use cases and the response was... lackluster (imo).
The original comments seems sarcastic now. The answer that stands out here and is really the only answer from MA is: "Money". Whoever has the most tokens and those tokens increase in perceived value, benefits because they sell their tokens. It's not those little micropayments to podcaster (which are possible myriad ways without tokens); its the market forces driving up token price on tokens that were obtained at $0.00 by early investors...So they found a lucrative business of dumping tokens, that really seems all that web3 became. I will always cherish knowing about the Axie Infinity situation and crazy explanations for why that business model was the future!
