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Balaji Srinivasan: Applications: Today & 2025

Brian Armstrong: Setting Up and Scaling a Crypto Company

Brian Brooks: Token Securities Framework and Launching a Network

Chris Dixon: Crypto Networks and Why They Matter

Blockchains represent a fundamental shift in computing, functioning as virtual machines that allow developers to make credible, trust-minimized commitments. While price fluctuations often dominate public perception, long-term innovation is driven by a feedback loop between developer activity, startup creation, and soci...

"Crypto Startup School" Documentary

Dan Boneh: Blockchain Primitives: Cryptography and Consensus

Josh Williams: Opportunities for Crypto in Gaming

Jutta Steiner: Secure Smart Contract Development

Nitya Subramanian: Products and Protocol

Robert Leshner and Jesse Walden: Deep Dive on Decentralization

Sam Williams: Mechanism Design 101

Tom Preston-Werner with Chris Dixon: Building Companies and Developer Communities

Tina Ferguson: Managing Distributed Workforces

Art, Authenticity, and Anarchy with FEWOCIOUS

Cryptoeconomic Security for Data Availability Committees w/ Ertem Nusret Tas | a16z crypto research

Scaling Avalanche with Subnets and Specialized VMs with Patrick O’Grady | a16z crypto research talks

Consensus Based on Proofs of Space and Time with Bram Cohen | a16z crypto research talks

Token Design: Mental Models, Capabilities, and Emerging Design Spaces with Eddy Lazzarin

Interactive Storytelling A Creator's Journey: 'Pleased 2 Meet U' with pplpleasr

The Value of Decentralization Using the Blockchain with Marco Reuter | a16z crypto research talks