Chris, are you looking into non-currency uses for BTC, a la Albert Wenger [0]? My own feeling is that the protocol (secure ledger) is more generally valuable and can likely be put to work in a lot of uses. Is that your feeling as well or are you primarily excited in its use as cash?
Definitely interested in lots of other uses for the ledger. If you or someone you know is working on something, we (a16z) would love to talk. I'm hoping next year we'll see a lot more startups building on top of the Bitcoin protocol.
Hey Chris, I was trying to reach you to talk about Bitrated. Drop me an email (in my profile) if you're interested to chat about it and see if we can do something together.
Thanks for the response. I hope so too! I work in climate policy so unlikely to come from me, but will keep the thought in mind if my hacker friends start getting on it.
[0] http://www.usv.com/posts/bitcoin-as-protocol