a16z crypto show

a16z crypto, Robert Hackett, Sonal Chokshi

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The a16z crypto show explores how decentralized networks are reshaping money, ownership, and the architecture of the internet. We go beyond the hype to look at what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what comes next as crypto continues to go mainstream and blockchains become core infrastructure. Each episode features conversations with founders, engineers, economists, policymakers, and researchers building at the frontier of finance, payments, AI, and distributed systems. We cover stablecoins and global payments, the tokenization of "real-world" assets, decentralized physical infrastructure, network design and governance, and the practical tradeoffs behind decentralization — along with lessons from past techno...

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Recent episodes

  • What Comes After Stablecoins? (ft. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire and Chris Dixon)Oct 16, 2026 · 49 min
  • How Crypto Is Rebuilding Finance From First PrinciplesOct 6, 2026 · 53 min
  • The 'Useless' Theory Behind Modern SNARKs (ft. Gödel Prize Winner Noam Nisan)Aug 13, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min
  • How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Were Invented (ft. Co-Inventor and Turing Award Winner Shafi Goldwasser)Aug 10, 2026 · 57 min
  • Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon: Why America Needs CLARITYAug 1, 2026 · 58 min
  • How AI is Changing the Way We Build Companies (ft. Guy Wuollet and Noah Citron)Jul 27, 2026 · 58 min
  • The Story Behind RSA: The Invention That Secured the Internet (ft. Turing Award Winner Ron Rivest)Jul 24, 2026 · 55 min
  • Why auction design matters (ft. Nobel economist Paul Milgrom)Jul 17, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
  • Why markets fail — and how to fix them (ft. Nobel economist Alvin Roth)Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min
  • Leslie Lamport on the Science of Distributed SystemsJun 25, 2026 · 36 min

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