The Merge – the major Ethereum upgrade that happened early Thursday morning – will go down as one of the most important moments in...

“The Merge” – a major planned Ethereum upgrade – is set to take place imminently. The update will switch Ethereum over from “proof-of-work,” a...

A SNARK (Succinct Non-interactive Argument of Knowledge) is a cryptographic tool that opens up exciting new possibilities in system design, especially in decentralized settings....

Field notes is a series where we report on the ground at significant industry, research, and other events. In this edition, some of the...

The trusted setup ceremony is one of the pains – and excitements – of crypto communities. The goal of a ceremony is to generate...

Two decades ago, the newly formed Creative Commons (CC) released its first set of free, public licenses, enabling creators to open up aspects of...

We are big believers in NFTs revolutionizing the future of the media, entertainment, and content creation spaces.  It’s personally been thrilling to see how many...

Welcome to Web3 Water Cooler, a moderated Slack chat about a trending topic in crypto. This week’s participants are Orca Protocol’s Chase Chapman, Austin...

The maintenance and advancement of open-source software is crucial for the crypto community. Our portfolio companies, a16z crypto’s researchers and engineers, and pretty much...

Crypto markets can be volatile. Over the past year, prices have swung wildly, only recently rebounding from a brisk “winter.” Up, down, sideways –...

As more people in crypto explore social, I find myself often talking about what makes social networks work and, sometimes, not work. One key...

A SNARK (Succinct Non-interactive Arguments of Knowledge) is an important cryptographic primitive finding applications to blockchain scalability (e.g., L2 rollups) and privacy. SNARKs let...