Read Write Own
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  • Published: 3 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804949245
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $24.99
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Read Write Own

Building the Next Era of the Internet

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A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet

‘A compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.’ Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI

The promise of the internet has been stolen.

Over the last decade, a handful of giant companies like Facebook and Google have seized control of the web – sapping its dynamism and taking its profits for themselves.

But there is a way to take it back.

Here, a leading Silicon Valley investor argues that blockchains – the radically free and democratic new type of software design that underpins ‘web3’ – could return financial and decision-making power to the internet’s users. For the first time, we won’t just read and write on the internet – we will own it, too.

‘A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3.’ Bob Iger, CEO, Disney

‘The most elegant and sophisticated argument for blockchain to date . . . Shines as a history of computing and the internet.’ Fortune
  • Published: 3 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804949245
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for Read Write Own

Read this book to understand a compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there

SAM ALTMAN, CEO, OpenAI

Whether you’re already interested in crypto or just curious about blockchains, web3, & the future of the internet, this is the definitive book about the industry

EMILIE CHOI, President and Chief Operating Officer, Coinbase

This book changed my mind . . . The best positive case for crypto I’ve seen

KEVIN KELLY, founding editor Wired

Far from the casino culture built on crypto’s excesses, Dixon argues blockchains have the potential to create a new class of public goods, wider participation in the governance of global infrastructures, and a redistribution of power away from dominant firms

AZEEM AZHAR, creator of Exponential View

A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3 to drive even greater innovation, inspire more imaginative thinking, and ultimately unlock new growth opportunities in the future

BOB IGER, CEO, Disney

Chris Dixon is a visionary, and the vision he sets forth this book is all about democratising the internet. It’s relevant to anyone, but is especially important for creators today. 100% recommend

ROB MCELHENNEY, actor

Chris Dixon has always been someone who sees the future with clarity and practicality. He does this once again in Read Write Own making the case for blockchain technology as the fundamental building block of the future and clearly laying out where the internet is going

JOHN DONAHOE, CEO, Nike

This is a pivotal moment for the internet. Chris Dixon’s fascinating book offers a refreshing and radical new take at a time when we need fresh thinking more than ever

MUSTAFA SULEYMAN, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection and author of The Coming Wave
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