#  @alive_eth Ali Yahya Ali Yahya posts on X about crypto, web3, blockchain, investment the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::14470738/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] +367% - [--] Month [-------] -11% - [--] Months [---------] +94% - [--] Year [---------] +513% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::14470738/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +36% - [--] Month [--] +20% - [--] Months [--] +229% - [--] Year [--] +141% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::14470738/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.81% - [--] Month [------] +3% - [--] Months [------] +10% - [--] Year [------] +16% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::14470738/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) 40.18% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) 19.64% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms) 12.5% [stocks](/list/stocks) 4.46% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 3.57% [events](/list/events) 1.79% [financial services](/list/financial-services) 0.89% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 0.89% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 0.89% [currencies](/list/currencies) 0.89% **Social topic influence** [crypto](/topic/crypto) #6320, [web3](/topic/web3) 12.5%, [blockchain](/topic/blockchain) #916, [investment](/topic/investment) 9.82%, [ali](/topic/ali) #2313, [decentralized](/topic/decentralized) 8.04%, [ethereum](/topic/ethereum) 6.25%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 5.36%, [layerzero](/topic/layerzero) #113, [build](/topic/build) 4.46% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@a16zcrypto](/creator/undefined) [@a16z](/creator/undefined) [@hans8948217128](/creator/undefined) [@cdixon](/creator/undefined) [@layerzerocore](/creator/undefined) [@eddylazzarin](/creator/undefined) [@eigenlayer](/creator/undefined) [@primordialaa](/creator/undefined) [@danboneh](/creator/undefined) [@soundxyz](/creator/undefined) [@aztecnetwork](/creator/undefined) [@loopcryptoxyz](/creator/undefined) [@constitutiondao](/creator/undefined) [@guywuolletjr](/creator/undefined) [@y_molodtsov](/creator/undefined) [@samrags_](/creator/undefined) [@mio_mind](/creator/undefined) [@the_vc_intern](/creator/undefined) [@partisiampc](/creator/undefined) [@theeylon](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Ethereum (ETH)](/topic/ethereum) [Layerzero (ZRO)](/topic/layerzero) [Solana (SOL)](/topic/solana) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [High Performance Blockchain (HPB)](/topic/high-performance-blockchain) [BlackRock Inc (BLK)](/topic/blackrock) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Fun conversation with @rhackett on our team about the importance and implications of privacy in crypto" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2017264579844186525) 2026-01-30T15:52Z 54.8K followers, 14.5K engagements "This ignores one of the most powerful drivers of exponential growth network effects. Here's what makes tokens valuable: [--]. A well designed protocol grows exponentially because of a flywheel between investors infra providers developers and users. [--]. The protocol captures fees. [--]. The protocol's network token is a claim on future cash-flows from those fees. [--]. Therefore if the protocol succeeds the value of the token will also grow exponentially. Writing this as crypto melts down. Sorry this isn't a bear post. It's about something more structural: tokens can't compound. They weren't designed" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2020582718363316687) 2026-02-08T19:37Z 54.8K followers, 58.4K engagements "The LayerZero event today felt historic. Zero is a new L1 blockchain that builds on four fundamental breakthroughs including a16z crypto's Jolt zkVM. It manages to defy to the scalability and interoperability limitations that have held back blockchain technology since the beginning. The team has also brought together an impressive list of Zero day partners including @citsecurities @The_DTCC @ICE_Markets and many others. The amount of work that the team has done to get to this point is monumental. Congratulations Zero introduces four 100x breakthroughs across storage (QMDB) compute (FAFO)" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2021393824430338351) 2026-02-11T01:20Z 54.8K followers, 56K engagements "Privacy will be the most important moat in crypto. Why Because secrets are hard to migrate. Everyone is launching a new "high performance" blockchain lately. But these chains are hardly different from one another. Blockspace is functionally the same everywhere. And with bridges that make moving between chains easy that blockspace is now accessible *from* everywhere. Mercenary users and capital quickly arriving on a chain to farm an airdrop can leave just as quickly to farm the next one on another chain. The reality is that if your "general purpose" chain doesn't already have a thriving" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1997002727516221511) 2025-12-05T17:58Z 54.8K followers, 498.9K engagements "Welcome to the team Noah Excited to share that Im joining @a16zcrypto as an Investment Partner focused crypto x fintech payments and onchain finance. This comes after two incredible years at @Visa helping shape our stablecoin strategy and leading onchain data efforts. Deeply grateful to https://t.co/2mGNBR3dHJ Excited to share that Im joining @a16zcrypto as an Investment Partner focused crypto x fintech payments and onchain finance. This comes after two incredible years at @Visa helping shape our stablecoin strategy and leading onchain data efforts. Deeply grateful to https://t.co/2mGNBR3dHJ" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2021657373300207764) 2026-02-11T18:47Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements "First Reinvestment into growth happens in two major ways: (1) some of the fees are used to invest in the network's security via validator rewards; AND (2) app-layer builders reinvest their profits toward making their app better which further drives the flywheel. Second A network token like SOL or ETH indefinitely captures fees that are generated by the protocol. That is by definition a claim on future cashflows. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020598628528668891 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020598628528668891" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2020598628528668891) 2026-02-08T20:40Z 54.6K followers, [----] engagements "@PrimordialAA @ryanzarick @emilianobonassi @LayerZero_Core @boundless_xyz ๐" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2022135333530530209) 2026-02-13T02:26Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "RT @eddylazzarin: So many people still confusedly think that protocols are the same as corporations. They think burning network tokens with" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2020613107899420909) 2026-02-08T21:38Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements "Im excited to announce that were leading a $7M round in @SeismicSys. Seismic has created a blockchain architecture with a new approach that is based on secure hardware for maintaining private state. In a typical business trusted intermediaries are able to aggregate and utilize data from their users without revealing the particulars of any individual. Consider for example an insurance company. In order to properly price a given policy the insurer must compute aggregated risk metrics over a wide range of data from existing policyholders such as age medical history or driving records while" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1897656906396708954) 2025-03-06T14:33Z 54.8K followers, 68.8K engagements "Full link: https://youtu.be/gj_wFzWv5Fk https://youtu.be/gj_wFzWv5Fk" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2017290179376033886) 2026-01-30T17:33Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements "RT @alive_eth: Making the uses of money 1000x cheaper faster and more programmable unlocks a massive new design space. This leap is sim" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2020845050037785047) 2026-02-09T12:59Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements "RT @eddylazzarin: Layer Zero the leading blockchain bridge and interop network has announced their new L1 Zero. It combines four techni" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2021349904879321488) 2026-02-10T22:25Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements "RT @SuccinctJT: 1/ LayerZero is launching a new blockchain and on the SNARK-proving front it's powered by Jolt. Benchmark were proud of:" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2021390021581053976) 2026-02-11T01:05Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements "@AbeLINKoln4 @LayerZero_Core @ErikVoorhees ๐" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2021414116565582224) 2026-02-11T02:40Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements "RT @Mclader: This partnership was a long time coming and Im thrilled its now public. After starting digital assets at BlackRock in 2015" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2021672495833636913) 2026-02-11T19:47Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements "RT @cdixon: Honored to be named to the @CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee. Thank you @ChairmanSelig and look forward to working alongside" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2022102415009624093) 2026-02-13T00:15Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements "There are two modes of thinking: Open and Closed. Most founders get stuck in closed mode. The great ones master both. But there's good news: It's possible to learn Open Mode" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1975542635587903777) 2025-10-07T12:44Z 54.8K followers, 28.9K engagements "Making the uses of money 1000x cheaper faster and more programmable unlocks a massive new design space. This leap is similar to the one from the postal service to the internet which unlocked multi-trillion dollar companies like Google and Amazon. Its a failure of imagination to think that all that crypto has to offer is finance but faster. Quantity has a quality all of its own. If you assume all finance and markets are becoming programmable onchain you should probably also entertain an expansionary view of what finance will look like in the end state. I think that is the nuanced through line" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2020612908221133010) 2026-02-08T21:37Z 54.8K followers, 43.2K engagements "Consumer crypto applications like gaming and social networks have not yet taken off for three major reasons: [--]. They are harder to build than financial applications. People's expectations of the usability of consumer apps in [----] are sky-high. The same is not true of their expectations of finance apps. Blockchains are still new technology. It's easier for crypto to compete against banking apps than against Instagram and TikTok. [--]. The size of the market is still small. There are only around 50M users worldwide who transact onchain on a daily basis. That is far too small a market for a" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2020888053653369062) 2026-02-09T15:50Z 54.8K followers, 24.3K engagements "The Dutch: - Invent the modern stock market in [----] - Build the financial capital of the world - Decline slowly for centuries - Go out with financial suicide in [----] by taxing unrealized gains at 36% Sad day in NL the Dutch government is expected to pass a bill introducing a 36% tax on unrealized capital gains. This will destroy long-term strategies kill compounding effects & trigger a wealth exodus of biblical proportions. But they'll pass it anyway. Can't fix stupid. Sad day in NL the Dutch government is expected to pass a bill introducing a 36% tax on unrealized capital gains. This will" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2022289909457789372) 2026-02-13T12:41Z 54.8K followers, 76.2K engagements "Here is my problem with this piece It casts human civilization as a helpless victim of a mechanism that is beyond our control. Its an implicit surrender to a form of determinate pessimism that leaves humanity impotent in the face of new challenges. The truth is that the future will be determined by human choiceshow we govern ourselves what we build and the cultural values that we choose to fight for. We are only condemned to blindly repeat the patterns of the past if we believe that we are helpless. The way out is to own our future. https://t.co/tjmbT5ytUN https://t.co/tjmbT5ytUN" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/2023058552776974528) 2026-02-15T15:35Z 54.8K followers, 31.6K engagements "gm everybody gm. Privacy is important for web3 not just to protect user data but because it unlocks a whole new region of the design space. Today we're announcing that @a16z is leading @nymproject's Series A to solve privacy at the network layer ๐ฅ https://a16z.com/2021/11/18/investing-in-nym/ https://a16z.com/2021/11/18/investing-in-nym/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1461329730884489219) 2021-11-18T13:45Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "As We May Think by Vannevar Bush may be the most prescient piece about computing ever written (1945) - The web & hyperlinks - Wikipedia - Search algorithms - Data compression - Digital photography & OCR - Speech recognition - Brain Computer Interfaces https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1465094307325480965) 2021-11-28T23:04Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Today we're announcing that we're leading @ironfishcrypto's Series A. I couldn't be more excited to be partnering with @leanthebean and the whole IronFish team to build a universal privacy layer for web3 and crypto. https://a16z.com/2021/11/30/investing-in-iron-fish/ https://a16z.com/2021/11/30/investing-in-iron-fish/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1465726187854962688) 2021-11-30T16:55Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Today I'm beyond excited to announce that @a16z is investing in @PleasrDAO ๐ฅ And no better way to make this announcement than with a video that's directed by @pplpleasr1 the artist whose work was the original inspiration for DAO ๐ (sound on ๐)" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1470815045533712389) 2021-12-14T17:56Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements "Today I'm beyond excited to announce that @a16z is leading @soundxyz_'s initial funding round. Music is the category for which the structural problems of web2 are at their very worst. @dgreenstein1 and team are building a web3 platform to change that" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1471132623145779203) 2021-12-15T14:58Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Huge congrats to @1HowardWu @apruden08 and the whole @AleoHQ team. Zero Knowledge Proofs will completely transform the web3 tech stack in the coming years. Aleo is at the forefront of that transformation. Beyond excited to continue working with the team ๐ฅ ๐ Excited to announce Aleo has raised $200M in a #SeriesB round led by @Koracap and @Softbank with participation from Tiger Global Sea Capital @a16z @slow and @SamsungNext to build the next-generation platform for private apps powered by zero-knowledge proofs.๐ ๐ Excited to announce Aleo has raised $200M in a #SeriesB round led by" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1490776494376898561) 2022-02-07T19:56Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "web2: browser wars web3: wallet wars" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1495426952982929420) 2022-02-20T15:55Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "A few people asked me what single resource I would recommend to learn how to think about protocol design ๐ Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows Its lessons actually go far beyond just protocol design since most everything that matters is governed by complex systems" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1495521732060397573) 2022-02-20T22:12Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Today we're announcing the creation of @a16z crypto research ๐ฅ Research labs like DeepMind and OpenAI have elevated the field of AI to new heights. We are setting out to do the same for crypto and web3 ๐ https://a16z.com/2022/04/21/announcing-a16z-crypto-research/ https://a16z.com/2022/04/21/announcing-a16z-crypto-research/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1517186740062150657) 2022-04-21T17:01Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements "Today were excited to announce Crypto Fund [--]. We believe were now entering the golden era of web3 a time when the legendary teams come together to build the most important tech/products. As @cdixon likes to say These are the good old days. Lets go https://a16zcrypto.com/crypto-fund-four/ https://a16zcrypto.com/crypto-fund-four/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1529431426881421315) 2022-05-25T11:57Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "web3 is a movement that is all about building systems that are owned and operated by communities. @prtyDAO is building the products/protocols that are enabling web3 become truly multiplayer Today we're announcing that @a16z is leading PartyDAO's latest round" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1534963960952279051) 2022-06-09T18:21Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Today we're excited to announce that we're leading a $6M seed round in @linera_io which is building a Layer [--] blockchain with a novel and complementary architecture that has the capability of supporting and scaling new kinds of web3 apps" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1541864163118563328) 2022-06-28T19:20Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "The Merge today will be one of the most important moments in the history of open source Hard to think of a cooler example of a community of hundreds of developers across many orgs driving years of open-ended research and hard technical development T-minus [---] hours ๐งต" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1570183378833666051) 2022-09-14T22:51Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Today @soundxyz_ is launching the Sound Protocol ๐ It's an upgraded and permissionless base layer for Sound that allows any artist to freely upload their music and own their smart contracts This a huge moment for both Sound and artists on the platform https://sound.mirror.xyz/t7GDH8RF6XbHLwbHb_R6QLnDTaln0KdGhExBgul6OXY https://sound.mirror.xyz/t7GDH8RF6XbHLwbHb_R6QLnDTaln0KdGhExBgul6OXY" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1572666508387442691) 2022-09-21T19:18Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Google's original mission was to organize the world's information. But a single company can only do so much. This week we announced that @a16zcrypto led the Series B round in @Golden which is building a decentralized and canonical knowledge graph. https://golden.xyz https://golden.xyz" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1578519834572136449) 2022-10-07T22:57Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "I had a lot of fun chatting with @CamiRusso and @DefiantNews about how new infrastructure developments in web3 are enabling new applications. Thanks for having me https://anchor.fm/thedefiant/episodes/a16zs-Ali-Yahya-Says-Weve-Entered-The-Golden-Era-Of-Blockchain-Applications-e1pj4vn https://anchor.fm/thedefiant/episodes/a16zs-Ali-Yahya-Says-Weve-Entered-The-Golden-Era-Of-Blockchain-Applications-e1pj4vn" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1583625952336044032) 2022-10-22T01:07Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Encryption & privacy will be essential for blockchains to broaden their utility and gain widespread adoption. So Im thrilled to announce that @a16zcrypto is leading the Series B round for @aztecnetwork which is building encryption on Ethereum. https://a16zcrypto.com/investing-in-aztec/ https://a16zcrypto.com/investing-in-aztec/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1603459352257597441) 2022-12-15T18:37Z 54.8K followers, 63.5K engagements "I'm constantly shocked by how vicious society can be toward people who are trying to build something new. Be it AI crypto rockets nuclear anything. It only seems to be getting worse. How do we get back to a culture that reaches for the stars" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1625174449262628865) 2023-02-13T16:45Z 54.8K followers, 65.5K engagements "Today we are very excited to share that @a16zcrypto is leading @alongsidefis $11M seed round ๐ฅ Alongside is building products that make crypto investing simpler and more accessible for anyone" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1625880382506778625) 2023-02-15T15:31Z 54.8K followers, 87.8K engagements "Loved discussing zk-proofs with @laurashin and @danboneh on the @unchained_pod. We could have gone on for hours so much to cover. Thank you Laura https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/why-zero-knowledge-proofs-are-critical-to-ethereums-future/ https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/why-zero-knowledge-proofs-are-critical-to-ethereums-future/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1640828028254076928) 2023-03-28T21:27Z 54.8K followers, 28.2K engagements "Huge moment. @ironfishcrypto mainnet is live. LFG ๐ฅ 1/ Iron Fish mainnet is live today April 20th (4/20) #IronFish is a new PoW L1. Our goal is to make web3 safeenabling financial privacy while deterring bad actors. *Every* transaction on Iron Fish is fully encrypted with ZKPs for validation. https://t.co/6Ur9XGYIoU https://t.co/ZgvIUgWr1d 1/ Iron Fish mainnet is live today April 20th (4/20) #IronFish is a new PoW L1. Our goal is to make web3 safeenabling financial privacy while deterring bad actors. *Every* transaction on Iron Fish is fully encrypted with ZKPs for validation." [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1649123823797534729) 2023-04-20T18:52Z 54.8K followers, 28.1K engagements "Great step forward toward integrating crypto payments with web2 payments infrastructure. @loopcrypto_xyz + @stripe integration is live ๐ It is now simple and painless to accept and manage crypto & fiat payments in [--] place. The Loop + @stripe integration is here. ๐ฅ ๐งต https://t.co/c8eiMUONPo It is now simple and painless to accept and manage crypto & fiat payments in [--] place. The Loop + @stripe integration is here. ๐ฅ ๐งต https://t.co/c8eiMUONPo" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1656304082309586944) 2023-05-10T14:24Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements "I'm very excited to announce that @a16zcrypto has doubled down on @soundxyz_ by leading their Series A funding round ๐ง๐ฅ Sound is music without the middleman; a web3 music platform that is powering the next generation of artists and their communities ๐งต https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/announcement/investing-in-sound-xyz/ https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/announcement/investing-in-sound-xyz/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1679115211880398851) 2023-07-12T13:07Z 54.8K followers, 50.9K engagements "405 lbs x [--] reps ๐" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1734250759829549362) 2023-12-11T16:36Z 54.8K followers, 44K engagements "Sometimesamid the suffocating fog of degen noisewe need to remind ourselves why we are here. We are here because permissionless innovation is the only way out of our greatest existential riskthe risk of stagnation and atrophy. We are here because crypto is a technology with the potential to unlock ever-greater scale of human cooperationthe only way humans have ever solved any problem that matters. We are here because innovation dies when the decisions about what you CAN and CANNOT build are all made by web2 monopolies or by certain rogue technically illiterate bureaucrats in Washington D.C." [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1735650608894398881) 2023-12-15T13:18Z 54.8K followers, 85.2K engagements "Our greatest existential risk is the risk of stagnation and atrophy. No civilization can survive very long by standing still" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1735681970548428998) 2023-12-15T15:23Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements "If a VC ever threatens you to spin up a competitor against you if you don't want their money then you REALLY don't want their money" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1757886668277752311) 2024-02-14T21:56Z 54.8K followers, 45.2K engagements "CSX demo day is here ๐ฅ It's easy to take the internet for granted. It works so well that we forget that it was hardly usable in the beginning. Getting to where we are now required hard work to improve every layer of the stack over the course of many years. The state of crypto infrastructure today is similar to where the internet was in the mid-90s. Weve gotten a glimpse of what blockchain computers will someday make possible but we still have a lot of work to do. It's encouraging that some of the smartest entrepreneurs we've met are doing that work for the crypto stack going layer by layer" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1800553257867288614) 2024-06-11T15:38Z 54.8K followers, 47.2K engagements "Im thrilled to announce that were leading the $20M Series A in @HallidayHQ after also leading their Seed round to back their vision for a new software era of web3 development. The experience of building on blockchains is often more comparable to designing hardware than writing software. Developers spend months building meticulously auditing before taping out a smart contract etched in stone. Upgrades demand large-scale coordination and manual migrations leading to slow iteration cycles and minimal flexibility to swap in new components on the fly. Halliday changes that. Its Workflow Protocol" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1902033995631862013) 2025-03-18T16:26Z 54.8K followers, 34.5K engagements "We need a cryptoeconomics simulator in which the game mechanics of a crypto protocol can be stress tested. Ideally the various roles in the protocol can be simulated by adversarial RL agents seeking to maximize profit. (credit to @cdixon for original idea)" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/952713447782760449) 2018-01-15T01:26Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "Inspired by @rzurrer my definition cryptoeconomics: "The branch of knowledge seeking a theoretical framework that informs the design of incentive structures in decentralized networks such that honest behavior is the rational game-theoretical equilibrium for all agents involved."" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/952730693758476288) 2018-01-15T02:34Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "1/ A crypto network is more like a city than it is like a firm or an individual. Like a city a crypto network is a community of loosely affiliated individuals who agree about: the location of their work and residence (city); the protocol that they use and run (crypto network). https://x.com/Iiterature/status/931617427397410816 A blockchain is most like a. https://x.com/Iiterature/status/931617427397410816 A blockchain is most like a" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/956086982928564224) 2018-01-24T08:51Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "The fundamental advantage of decentralized networks is that more so than any technological movement that has come before they intimately entwine two of the most powerful forces in human history:" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/964921177918488576) 2018-02-17T17:55Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements "So apparently H.G. Wells conceived in [----] of a decentralized universally accessible Permanent World Encyclopedia that he called the World Brain. That was [--] years before the first glimmers of the Internet let alone Wikipedia and now cryptonetworks ๐คฏ cc @juanbenet" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1072972822421487616) 2018-12-12T21:53Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "New Podcast: Voting and Governance in Decentralized Networks w/ @phildaian I really enjoyed this conversation with Phil about the challenges with governance for blockchains. We discuss coercion resistance economic security Dark DAOs and implications. https://a16z.com/2019/02/09/voting-blockchains-governance-security-cryptoeconomics/ https://a16z.com/2019/02/09/voting-blockchains-governance-security-cryptoeconomics/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1094589803897806850) 2019-02-10T13:32Z 47K followers, [---] engagements "We are looking to hire a data scientist with a passion for crypto (though not necessarily a lot of prior experience in the space) who will work closely with us on the @a16z crypto investment team. Reach out if you know of anyone or apply if interested ๐ https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/a16zcom/view/P_AAAAAADAAF3APhSspO5TW0 https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/a16zcom/view/P_AAAAAADAAF3APhSspO5TW0" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1121549725390344192) 2019-04-25T23:01Z 47.1K followers, [---] engagements "Well at least in principle the utility curve that best models a network effect is a true superlinear curve. Social networks do indeed continue to get more valuable with each additional user that joins. And each new user brings to the network more value than the last" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1138803448286023682) 2019-06-12T13:41Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "This superlinear effect tends to hold indefinitely regardless of how big these social networks get. The same cannot be said for scale effects. The utility curve that best models a scale effect tends to be an S-curve. At some point marginal returns to scale flatten out" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1138803448869138432) 2019-06-12T13:41Z 47.1K followers, [--] engagements "Crypto offers us a whole new set of tools for the governance of large human systems. This is a talk I gave on the @a16z Summit stage exactly one year ago (now with a full transcript). https://a16z.com/2019/11/12/the-end-of-centralization-and-the-future-of-trust/ https://a16z.com/2019/11/12/the-end-of-centralization-and-the-future-of-trust/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1194325297258065922) 2019-11-12T18:45Z 47.1K followers, [---] engagements "@jillruthcarlson Check out @rally_io" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1379928233320177666) 2021-04-07T22:45Z 47.1K followers, [--] engagements "Made my contribution to @ConstitutionDAO. Not too late for you to make yours. (๐ ๐)" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1461177057963130887) 2021-11-18T03:38Z 47.1K followers, [--] engagements "were all mothafuckin buying the constitution wambtc @ConstitutionDAO" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1461347739820646400) 2021-11-18T14:57Z 47.2K followers, [--] engagements "LayerZero ๐ค Google Cloud This is a huge step forward for the industrya tech giant of the likes of Google is stepping up to the plate to contribute end-to-end security to LayerZero bridges. Google and the LZ team spent almost a year building this together. Big moment today ๐ฅ" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1701637768999248188) 2023-09-12T16:43Z 44.8K followers, 59.1K engagements "Had a great time debating with @aeyakovenkowho founded @solanaalong with @guywuolletjr and @smc90 about the end-game for blockchain architectures ๐" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1701692524669042732) 2023-09-12T20:21Z 43.9K followers, [----] engagements "1/ Excited to announce that @a16zcrypto is leading @freaticteams seed round ๐ฅ New bits of information often propagate inefficiently within informal trust networks. Freatic is using cryptography and game theory to build a decentralized marketplace for information exchange" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1704527622883921995) 2023-09-20T16:07Z 44.8K followers, 42.8K engagements "Speaking today at Messari Mainnet. Will be on stage with @twobitidiot at around 4p ET. Come join us" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1704866051157008584) 2023-09-21T14:31Z 47.2K followers, [----] engagements "It's hard to imagine crypto ever reaching mainstream adoption without privacy. The launch of Aztec's Sandbox is an enormous step toward enabling private smart contracts on Ethereum. ๐ฅ" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1705290211716952187) 2023-09-22T18:37Z 44.8K followers, [----] engagements "Tired AF arbitrage 100x leverage yield farming flash loans MEV capture memecoins airdrop farming day-trading one-off games Underexplored token lockups retroactive funding non-transferable tokens rewards for verifiable work on-chain reputation iterated games" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1732857244943880495) 2023-12-07T20:18Z 43.7K followers, 27.8K engagements "Don't know who needs to hear it but being a degen just isnt cool" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1733192479598358958) 2023-12-08T18:31Z 43.9K followers, 134K engagements "@KyleSamani Degens dont build. Builders are cooler" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1733259320110841951) 2023-12-08T22:56Z 43.8K followers, 33.5K engagements "Nifty trick for generating new crypto ideas: Look for modes of human cooperation that work well locally but breakdown globally. Why do they breakdown at scale" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1733870969393947051) 2023-12-10T15:27Z 44.8K followers, 11.3K engagements "@gabusch Would love that" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1733871673470795792) 2023-12-10T15:29Z 43.6K followers, [---] engagements "You wondered why we have modularity flame wars" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1734211720128655492) 2023-12-11T14:01Z 44.8K followers, 21.2K engagements "Graph of all of the founding teams that I spent time with this year: ๐ด ecosystems ๐ข portfolio companies ๐ต pitches ๐ฃ categories And interesting subgraphs in thread below ๐" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1734592245389480145) 2023-12-12T15:13Z 46.5K followers, 23.6K engagements "Two biggest L1 ecosystems: Ethereum and @solana" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1734592250611462451) 2023-12-12T15:13Z 46.4K followers, 15.7K engagements "Made with @obsdmd ๐ซก" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1734595114226319574) 2023-12-12T15:24Z 43.8K followers, [----] engagements "๐ @NEARProtocol is opening up its sharded high-performance blockchain to scale Ethereum through NEAR Data Availability (DA) But how is this accomplished Let's take a deep dive into this topic. ๐งต @NEARProtocol is opening up its sharded high-performance blockchain to scale Ethereum through NEAR Data Availability (DA) But how is this accomplished Let's take a deep dive into this topic. ๐งต" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1734704425938059577) 2023-12-12T22:38Z 46.3K followers, [----] engagements "Modularity Paradox ๐ It unlocks innovation AND introduces constraints. How does it unlock innovation It makes it possible for a whole ecosystem of players to emerge each experimenting with their own approach and specializing on what they do best. For example the [---] volt electrical socket is a modular interface that has led to an ecosystem of appliance manufacturers. Because of the socket standard they can innovate on their products without having to know or care about the details of running an electrical utility company. How does it introduce constraints The interfaces between modules are" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1736015356836127204) 2023-12-16T13:28Z 43.9K followers, 10.8K engagements "Capitalism private property freely tradable Crypto private property via private keys freely tradable 24/7 via decentralized exchanges" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1736055517070479650) 2023-12-16T16:07Z 43.8K followers, [----] engagements "None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1760666684405227718) 2024-02-22T14:03Z 45.9K followers, [----] engagements "Open source is the technological equivalent of free speech. You watch and enjoy please Ben @bhorowitz and me for two hours on tech politics and policy in DC and beyond. Many X questions answered and points made. ๐๐ช https://t.co/qEsfNyIcEJ You watch and enjoy please Ben @bhorowitz and me for two hours on tech politics and policy in DC and beyond. Many X questions answered and points made. ๐๐ช https://t.co/qEsfNyIcEJ" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1776613404985143584) 2024-04-06T14:10Z 46.2K followers, 30.5K engagements "@espricewright @davidu @KTmBoyle @a16z welcome to the team" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1777323479500472370) 2024-04-08T13:11Z 46.3K followers, [---] engagements "EigenLayer is the verifiable cloud. Massive leap forward today toward the realization of that vision. @eigenlayer launches on mainnet today taking the first steps towards our vision of building the verifiable digital commons ----------- Ethereum is the verifiable internet. Rollup is the verifiable web server. AVS is verifiable SaaS. Eigenlayer is the verifiable cloud. @eigenlayer launches on mainnet today taking the first steps towards our vision of building the verifiable digital commons ----------- Ethereum is the verifiable internet. Rollup is the verifiable web server. AVS is verifiable" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1777835050492453060) 2024-04-09T23:04Z 46.9K followers, 31.2K engagements "The beautiful thing about this is that LZ will likely learn a lot from the sybils who choose to reveal themselves about the hiding techniques that they are using. That will make their detection hit rate on those who don't reveal themselves even higher than it would have been otherwise. The Sybil filtering process is as follows Phase 1: Self-report for 15% of intended allocation Phase 2: LZ Labs sybil report. Sybil caught get [--]. Phase 3: Bounty hunter program. Catch a Sybil get 10% of their intended allocation. Users first. The Sybil filtering process is as follows Phase 1: Self-report for 15%" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1786764351900148003) 2024-05-04T14:26Z 46.4K followers, 97.1K engagements ".@jerrycainjr is the ๐ My most formative moments as a computer science student all happened in his Stanford classes. Professor Jerry Cain from Stanford University covers C programming emphasizing pointers and structs. He demonstrates an unconventional method to access struct fields. I highly recommend this entire 29-video series for anyone interested in C. https://t.co/TA1JFghI7n Professor Jerry Cain from Stanford University covers C programming emphasizing pointers and structs. He demonstrates an unconventional method to access struct fields. I highly recommend this entire 29-video series" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1787278659570614560) 2024-05-06T00:30Z 46.4K followers, [----] engagements "Important moment for the XMTP ecosystem Big day here. Ephemera has acquired @converseapp_ and as of [--] am EST we open-sourced it. Converse is the simplest and fastest app built on XMTP. The Converse team has been building with XMTP since day one and with the ability to reach over 2m+ identities on XMTP we are Big day here. Ephemera has acquired @converseapp_ and as of [--] am EST we open-sourced it. Converse is the simplest and fastest app built on XMTP. The Converse team has been building with XMTP since day one and with the ability to reach over 2m+ identities on XMTP we are" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1818787634161889616) 2024-07-31T23:15Z 46.3K followers, [----] engagements "None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information. https://a16z.com/disclosures/ https://a16z.com/disclosures/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1821580323681157499) 2024-08-08T16:12Z 47.1K followers, [---] engagements "Had a great time chatting with @PrimordialAA on our podcast. We talked about the history and current state of cross-chain interoperability. But maybe even more interesting is Bryan's life storyfrom professional poker player to founder of @LayerZero_Core Blockchain bridges have a history of succumbing to big hacks. Why One of the builders who knows the world of blockchain interoperability best helps disentangle the mess. LayerZero Labs CEO and Cofounder Bryan Pellegrino (@PrimordialAA) joins a16z crypto General Partner Ali https://t.co/bfZyGPUQfv Blockchain bridges have a history of succumbing" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1841605100923769269) 2024-10-02T22:24Z 47.1K followers, [----] engagements "One of the most striking slides in our State of Crypto report. Growth of monthly active crypto addresses is exponential in a way that roughly tracks the internet's early growth ๐ Weve just released our latest State of Crypto report. It shares insights on key trends like stablecoins L2s and AI plus cryptos rise as a hot policy issue new data on builders and users and much more. Full report: https://t.co/OVasX3gvAu Here are [--] top takeaways https://t.co/xMxwczV1Co Weve just released our latest State of Crypto report. It shares insights on key trends like stablecoins L2s and AI plus cryptos rise" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1846617810304487442) 2024-10-16T18:22Z 46.9K followers, 15.1K engagements "This is an excerpt of a16z cryptos State of Crypto. The full report should be read in its entirety for important disclosures and context. None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; see for further information. http://a16z.com/disclosures http://a16z.com/disclosures http://a16z.com/disclosures http://a16z.com/disclosures" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1846618443040412009) 2024-10-16T18:25Z 46.8K followers, [---] engagements "LayerZero ๐ค @PayPal ๐ต PayPal USD (PYUSD) integrates LayerZero to connect across chains enabling seamless transfers between Ethereum and Solana. By utilizing LayerZero users who self-custody their PYUSD tokens can seamlessly transfer assets between blockchains -- without needing to rely on https://t.co/4MxgW8bzYV ๐ต PayPal USD (PYUSD) integrates LayerZero to connect across chains enabling seamless transfers between Ethereum and Solana. By utilizing LayerZero users who self-custody their PYUSD tokens can seamlessly transfer assets between blockchains -- without needing to rely on" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1856754471298039833) 2024-11-13T17:42Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Eigen ๐ค Infura Infura โพ EIGEN - This is huge Infura launching Decentralized Infrastructure Network on @eigenlayer processing [---] Billion requests a year This used to be the biggest complaint from Bitcoiners on Ethereum - RPC services are centralized. Not anymore. Ethereum Infura โพ EIGEN - This is huge Infura launching Decentralized Infrastructure Network on @eigenlayer processing [---] Billion requests a year This used to be the biggest complaint from Bitcoiners on Ethereum - RPC services are centralized. Not anymore. Ethereum" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1857178256304198052) 2024-11-14T21:46Z 46.5K followers, [----] engagements "Congratulations @DavidSacks Excellent choice" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1864849855006314737) 2024-12-06T01:50Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Murmur Protocol: A marketplace for alpha. Let's go ๐ฅ Your alpha is someone elses edge. Stop giving it away for free. Today we're launching the first marketplace where you can profit from your alpha Start earning now: https://t.co/V00fGTwzRF https://t.co/mevDzL0d4V Your alpha is someone elses edge. Stop giving it away for free. Today we're launching the first marketplace where you can profit from your alpha Start earning now: https://t.co/V00fGTwzRF https://t.co/mevDzL0d4V" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1869537114452570366) 2024-12-19T00:15Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information. https://a16z.com/disclosures/ https://a16z.com/disclosures/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1869537199269847123) 2024-12-19T00:16Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "2025 prediction: Formal verification will become increasingly important Our team has formally-verified the Aleo Virtual Machine (AVM) constraint system. We found [--] bugs and [--] classes of optimizations to further improve the AVMs performance. We will formally check all updates to the AVM constraint system and formally-verify every aspect of the https://t.co/etcGWWqEII Our team has formally-verified the Aleo Virtual Machine (AVM) constraint system. We found [--] bugs and [--] classes of optimizations to further improve the AVMs performance. We will formally check all updates to the AVM constraint" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1869910152557572524) 2024-12-20T00:58Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@skupor @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy Congratulations Scott ๐" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1870957938917130485) 2024-12-22T22:21Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "There are two kinds of confident people: [--]. The ones who are confident because they get a lot of validation. [--]. The ones who are confident because they don't need validation. The most successful founders tend to always be of second kind" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1877088409254244624) 2025-01-08T20:22Z 47.1K followers, [----] engagements "Jane is a rising star. She is a great investor has keen product/GTM instincts is a true OG of the space and is better connected than anyone. But the most important thing about her is that she cares deeply about the founders that she works with. She will go to the end of the world to help them succeed. Any and all founders would be lucky to work with her. She will be a force at @VoltCapital. After [--] & a half incredible years at a16z crypto I'm heading back into the trenches of early stage venture by joining Soona & the exceptional team at @VoltCapital ๐พ After [--] & a half incredible years at" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1878959548222067060) 2025-01-14T00:17Z 47.2K followers, [----] engagements "How do you decentralize AI You need verification. ๐ Introducing Verde Verde is a high-scale verification system for machine learning over untrusted nodes. It ensures correct execution of ML operations across any device in the world from data centres to the edge. It operates at runtime and doesn't require any onboarding. https://t.co/8LFunJq0yL Introducing Verde Verde is a high-scale verification system for machine learning over untrusted nodes. It ensures correct execution of ML operations across any device in the world from data centres to the edge. It operates at runtime and doesn't" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1895246506518814993) 2025-02-27T22:55Z 47.5K followers, 28K engagements "None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information. http://a16z.com/disclosures/ http://a16z.com/disclosures/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1912901531705225417) 2025-04-17T16:10Z 48.9K followers, 11.4K engagements "I'm hosting Solana's @aeyakovenko tomorrow for a fireside chat with @a16zcrypto's CSX SF cohort. What should I ask him" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1914304790445633641) 2025-04-21T13:06Z 48.9K followers, 21.9K engagements "None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information. http://a16z.com/disclosures/ http://a16z.com/disclosures/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1922409646804910091) 2025-05-13T21:52Z 48.9K followers, [---] engagements "Excited to chat with @alexblania on stage at @SolanaConf tomorrow to discuss World Solana crypto x AI and other important trends in the space. Come join" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1925656696577196052) 2025-05-22T20:55Z 49K followers, 11.7K engagements "None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information http://a16z.com/disclosures/ http://a16z.com/disclosures/" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1934991220431876104) 2025-06-17T15:07Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements "The upcoming era of AI digital money and quantum computing will require a new standard for secure and interoperable communication. @xmtp_ is a protocol for the future of messaging open decentralized and quantum-resistant. Just as SMTP laid the foundation for email at the dawn of the web XMTP is built to do the same for this new era. Were thrilled to announce our $20M Series B to fuel XMTPs mission: ๐ Build the most secure decentralized messaging protocol ๐ค Support any identity across any digital ecosystem ๐ก Help fuel the next generation of messaging applications XMTP is rebuilding secure" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1945852045040488609) 2025-07-17T14:24Z 49.8K followers, 11.5K engagements "Stablecoins are turbocharging online payments: fast global programmable. @Loopcrypto_xyz is building the infrastructure to power this next generation of commerce. Were excited to announce a new strategic funding round for @loopcrypto_xyz led by @fabric_vc & @vaneck_us with additional first-time investment from @0xMert_ (Helius) & @MaxWolf__ (Plug and Play) and with continued support from @a16zcrypto @archetypevc a_capital & others. https://t.co/TiIpmltXRJ Were excited to announce a new strategic funding round for @loopcrypto_xyz led by @fabric_vc & @vaneck_us with additional first-time" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1958591179756589344) 2025-08-21T18:05Z 49.8K followers, [----] engagements "AI needs verifiable computing to build trust. @eigenlayer has the answer AIs trust problem ends today. We're thrilled to launch two new services EigenCompute and EigenAI on EigenCloud. A new foundation for building truly verifiable apps and agents. One of the biggest upgrades to AI since the launch of GPTs. More ๐งต https://t.co/2QBaR6d8uk AIs trust problem ends today. We're thrilled to launch two new services EigenCompute and EigenAI on EigenCloud. A new foundation for building truly verifiable apps and agents. One of the biggest upgrades to AI since the launch of GPTs. More ๐งต" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1973030159642210780) 2025-09-30T14:20Z 49.9K followers, [----] engagements "4/ For this reason cities tend to persist much longer than individuals and firmsboth of which have more single points of failure. Like cities crypto networks may prove to be similarly long-lasting" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/956087244951052288) 2018-01-24T08:52Z 47K followers, [--] engagements "5/ To take this analogy to its probable breaking point the art and science of city planning is akin to that of cryptonetwork protocol design: "The city is the ingenious mechanism we have evolved for facilitating and enhancing social interaction collaboration and innovation."" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/966066476858843136) 2018-02-20T21:46Z 47K followers, [--] engagements "@devonzuegel https://www.youtube.com/watchv=dC-PQDjP-2o https://www.youtube.com/watchv=dC-PQDjP-2o" [X Link](https://x.com/alive_eth/status/975412862318342144) 2018-03-18T16:45Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@alive_eth Ali YahyaAli Yahya posts on X about crypto, web3, blockchain, investment the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
Social category influence finance 40.18% cryptocurrencies 19.64% vc firms 12.5% stocks 4.46% technology brands 3.57% events 1.79% financial services 0.89% automotive brands 0.89% travel destinations 0.89% currencies 0.89%
Social topic influence crypto #6320, web3 12.5%, blockchain #916, investment 9.82%, ali #2313, decentralized 8.04%, ethereum 6.25%, the most 5.36%, layerzero #113, build 4.46%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @a16zcrypto @a16z @hans8948217128 @cdixon @layerzerocore @eddylazzarin @eigenlayer @primordialaa @danboneh @soundxyz @aztecnetwork @loopcryptoxyz @constitutiondao @guywuolletjr @y_molodtsov @samrags_ @mio_mind @the_vc_intern @partisiampc @theeylon
Top assets mentioned Ethereum (ETH) Layerzero (ZRO) Solana (SOL) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) High Performance Blockchain (HPB) BlackRock Inc (BLK)
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Fun conversation with @rhackett on our team about the importance and implications of privacy in crypto"
X Link 2026-01-30T15:52Z 54.8K followers, 14.5K engagements
"This ignores one of the most powerful drivers of exponential growth network effects. Here's what makes tokens valuable: [--]. A well designed protocol grows exponentially because of a flywheel between investors infra providers developers and users. [--]. The protocol captures fees. [--]. The protocol's network token is a claim on future cash-flows from those fees. [--]. Therefore if the protocol succeeds the value of the token will also grow exponentially. Writing this as crypto melts down. Sorry this isn't a bear post. It's about something more structural: tokens can't compound. They weren't designed"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:37Z 54.8K followers, 58.4K engagements
"The LayerZero event today felt historic. Zero is a new L1 blockchain that builds on four fundamental breakthroughs including a16z crypto's Jolt zkVM. It manages to defy to the scalability and interoperability limitations that have held back blockchain technology since the beginning. The team has also brought together an impressive list of Zero day partners including @citsecurities @The_DTCC @ICE_Markets and many others. The amount of work that the team has done to get to this point is monumental. Congratulations Zero introduces four 100x breakthroughs across storage (QMDB) compute (FAFO)"
X Link 2026-02-11T01:20Z 54.8K followers, 56K engagements
"Privacy will be the most important moat in crypto. Why Because secrets are hard to migrate. Everyone is launching a new "high performance" blockchain lately. But these chains are hardly different from one another. Blockspace is functionally the same everywhere. And with bridges that make moving between chains easy that blockspace is now accessible from everywhere. Mercenary users and capital quickly arriving on a chain to farm an airdrop can leave just as quickly to farm the next one on another chain. The reality is that if your "general purpose" chain doesn't already have a thriving"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:58Z 54.8K followers, 498.9K engagements
"Welcome to the team Noah Excited to share that Im joining @a16zcrypto as an Investment Partner focused crypto x fintech payments and onchain finance. This comes after two incredible years at @Visa helping shape our stablecoin strategy and leading onchain data efforts. Deeply grateful to https://t.co/2mGNBR3dHJ Excited to share that Im joining @a16zcrypto as an Investment Partner focused crypto x fintech payments and onchain finance. This comes after two incredible years at @Visa helping shape our stablecoin strategy and leading onchain data efforts. Deeply grateful to https://t.co/2mGNBR3dHJ"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:47Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements
"First Reinvestment into growth happens in two major ways: (1) some of the fees are used to invest in the network's security via validator rewards; AND (2) app-layer builders reinvest their profits toward making their app better which further drives the flywheel. Second A network token like SOL or ETH indefinitely captures fees that are generated by the protocol. That is by definition a claim on future cashflows. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020598628528668891 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020598628528668891"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:40Z 54.6K followers, [----] engagements
"@PrimordialAA @ryanzarick @emilianobonassi @LayerZero_Core @boundless_xyz ๐"
X Link 2026-02-13T02:26Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @eddylazzarin: So many people still confusedly think that protocols are the same as corporations. They think burning network tokens with"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:38Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Im excited to announce that were leading a $7M round in @SeismicSys. Seismic has created a blockchain architecture with a new approach that is based on secure hardware for maintaining private state. In a typical business trusted intermediaries are able to aggregate and utilize data from their users without revealing the particulars of any individual. Consider for example an insurance company. In order to properly price a given policy the insurer must compute aggregated risk metrics over a wide range of data from existing policyholders such as age medical history or driving records while"
X Link 2025-03-06T14:33Z 54.8K followers, 68.8K engagements
"Full link: https://youtu.be/gj_wFzWv5Fk https://youtu.be/gj_wFzWv5Fk"
X Link 2026-01-30T17:33Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @alive_eth: Making the uses of money 1000x cheaper faster and more programmable unlocks a massive new design space. This leap is sim"
X Link 2026-02-09T12:59Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements
"RT @eddylazzarin: Layer Zero the leading blockchain bridge and interop network has announced their new L1 Zero. It combines four techni"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:25Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements
"RT @SuccinctJT: 1/ LayerZero is launching a new blockchain and on the SNARK-proving front it's powered by Jolt. Benchmark were proud of:"
X Link 2026-02-11T01:05Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@AbeLINKoln4 @LayerZero_Core @ErikVoorhees ๐"
X Link 2026-02-11T02:40Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements
"RT @Mclader: This partnership was a long time coming and Im thrilled its now public. After starting digital assets at BlackRock in 2015"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:47Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements
"RT @cdixon: Honored to be named to the @CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee. Thank you @ChairmanSelig and look forward to working alongside"
X Link 2026-02-13T00:15Z 54.8K followers, [--] engagements
"There are two modes of thinking: Open and Closed. Most founders get stuck in closed mode. The great ones master both. But there's good news: It's possible to learn Open Mode"
X Link 2025-10-07T12:44Z 54.8K followers, 28.9K engagements
"Making the uses of money 1000x cheaper faster and more programmable unlocks a massive new design space. This leap is similar to the one from the postal service to the internet which unlocked multi-trillion dollar companies like Google and Amazon. Its a failure of imagination to think that all that crypto has to offer is finance but faster. Quantity has a quality all of its own. If you assume all finance and markets are becoming programmable onchain you should probably also entertain an expansionary view of what finance will look like in the end state. I think that is the nuanced through line"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:37Z 54.8K followers, 43.2K engagements
"Consumer crypto applications like gaming and social networks have not yet taken off for three major reasons: [--]. They are harder to build than financial applications. People's expectations of the usability of consumer apps in [----] are sky-high. The same is not true of their expectations of finance apps. Blockchains are still new technology. It's easier for crypto to compete against banking apps than against Instagram and TikTok. [--]. The size of the market is still small. There are only around 50M users worldwide who transact onchain on a daily basis. That is far too small a market for a"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:50Z 54.8K followers, 24.3K engagements
"The Dutch: - Invent the modern stock market in [----] - Build the financial capital of the world - Decline slowly for centuries - Go out with financial suicide in [----] by taxing unrealized gains at 36% Sad day in NL the Dutch government is expected to pass a bill introducing a 36% tax on unrealized capital gains. This will destroy long-term strategies kill compounding effects & trigger a wealth exodus of biblical proportions. But they'll pass it anyway. Can't fix stupid. Sad day in NL the Dutch government is expected to pass a bill introducing a 36% tax on unrealized capital gains. This will"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:41Z 54.8K followers, 76.2K engagements
"Here is my problem with this piece It casts human civilization as a helpless victim of a mechanism that is beyond our control. Its an implicit surrender to a form of determinate pessimism that leaves humanity impotent in the face of new challenges. The truth is that the future will be determined by human choiceshow we govern ourselves what we build and the cultural values that we choose to fight for. We are only condemned to blindly repeat the patterns of the past if we believe that we are helpless. The way out is to own our future. https://t.co/tjmbT5ytUN https://t.co/tjmbT5ytUN"
X Link 2026-02-15T15:35Z 54.8K followers, 31.6K engagements
"gm everybody gm. Privacy is important for web3 not just to protect user data but because it unlocks a whole new region of the design space. Today we're announcing that @a16z is leading @nymproject's Series A to solve privacy at the network layer ๐ฅ https://a16z.com/2021/11/18/investing-in-nym/ https://a16z.com/2021/11/18/investing-in-nym/"
X Link 2021-11-18T13:45Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"As We May Think by Vannevar Bush may be the most prescient piece about computing ever written (1945) - The web & hyperlinks - Wikipedia - Search algorithms - Data compression - Digital photography & OCR - Speech recognition - Brain Computer Interfaces https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/"
X Link 2021-11-28T23:04Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Today we're announcing that we're leading @ironfishcrypto's Series A. I couldn't be more excited to be partnering with @leanthebean and the whole IronFish team to build a universal privacy layer for web3 and crypto. https://a16z.com/2021/11/30/investing-in-iron-fish/ https://a16z.com/2021/11/30/investing-in-iron-fish/"
X Link 2021-11-30T16:55Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Today I'm beyond excited to announce that @a16z is investing in @PleasrDAO ๐ฅ And no better way to make this announcement than with a video that's directed by @pplpleasr1 the artist whose work was the original inspiration for DAO ๐ (sound on ๐)"
X Link 2021-12-14T17:56Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Today I'm beyond excited to announce that @a16z is leading @soundxyz_'s initial funding round. Music is the category for which the structural problems of web2 are at their very worst. @dgreenstein1 and team are building a web3 platform to change that"
X Link 2021-12-15T14:58Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Huge congrats to @1HowardWu @apruden08 and the whole @AleoHQ team. Zero Knowledge Proofs will completely transform the web3 tech stack in the coming years. Aleo is at the forefront of that transformation. Beyond excited to continue working with the team ๐ฅ ๐ Excited to announce Aleo has raised $200M in a #SeriesB round led by @Koracap and @Softbank with participation from Tiger Global Sea Capital @a16z @slow and @SamsungNext to build the next-generation platform for private apps powered by zero-knowledge proofs.๐ ๐ Excited to announce Aleo has raised $200M in a #SeriesB round led by"
X Link 2022-02-07T19:56Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"web2: browser wars web3: wallet wars"
X Link 2022-02-20T15:55Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"A few people asked me what single resource I would recommend to learn how to think about protocol design ๐ Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows Its lessons actually go far beyond just protocol design since most everything that matters is governed by complex systems"
X Link 2022-02-20T22:12Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Today we're announcing the creation of @a16z crypto research ๐ฅ Research labs like DeepMind and OpenAI have elevated the field of AI to new heights. We are setting out to do the same for crypto and web3 ๐ https://a16z.com/2022/04/21/announcing-a16z-crypto-research/ https://a16z.com/2022/04/21/announcing-a16z-crypto-research/"
X Link 2022-04-21T17:01Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Today were excited to announce Crypto Fund [--]. We believe were now entering the golden era of web3 a time when the legendary teams come together to build the most important tech/products. As @cdixon likes to say These are the good old days. Lets go https://a16zcrypto.com/crypto-fund-four/ https://a16zcrypto.com/crypto-fund-four/"
X Link 2022-05-25T11:57Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"web3 is a movement that is all about building systems that are owned and operated by communities. @prtyDAO is building the products/protocols that are enabling web3 become truly multiplayer Today we're announcing that @a16z is leading PartyDAO's latest round"
X Link 2022-06-09T18:21Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Today we're excited to announce that we're leading a $6M seed round in @linera_io which is building a Layer [--] blockchain with a novel and complementary architecture that has the capability of supporting and scaling new kinds of web3 apps"
X Link 2022-06-28T19:20Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The Merge today will be one of the most important moments in the history of open source Hard to think of a cooler example of a community of hundreds of developers across many orgs driving years of open-ended research and hard technical development T-minus [---] hours ๐งต"
X Link 2022-09-14T22:51Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Today @soundxyz_ is launching the Sound Protocol ๐ It's an upgraded and permissionless base layer for Sound that allows any artist to freely upload their music and own their smart contracts This a huge moment for both Sound and artists on the platform https://sound.mirror.xyz/t7GDH8RF6XbHLwbHb_R6QLnDTaln0KdGhExBgul6OXY https://sound.mirror.xyz/t7GDH8RF6XbHLwbHb_R6QLnDTaln0KdGhExBgul6OXY"
X Link 2022-09-21T19:18Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Google's original mission was to organize the world's information. But a single company can only do so much. This week we announced that @a16zcrypto led the Series B round in @Golden which is building a decentralized and canonical knowledge graph. https://golden.xyz https://golden.xyz"
X Link 2022-10-07T22:57Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I had a lot of fun chatting with @CamiRusso and @DefiantNews about how new infrastructure developments in web3 are enabling new applications. Thanks for having me https://anchor.fm/thedefiant/episodes/a16zs-Ali-Yahya-Says-Weve-Entered-The-Golden-Era-Of-Blockchain-Applications-e1pj4vn https://anchor.fm/thedefiant/episodes/a16zs-Ali-Yahya-Says-Weve-Entered-The-Golden-Era-Of-Blockchain-Applications-e1pj4vn"
X Link 2022-10-22T01:07Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Encryption & privacy will be essential for blockchains to broaden their utility and gain widespread adoption. So Im thrilled to announce that @a16zcrypto is leading the Series B round for @aztecnetwork which is building encryption on Ethereum. https://a16zcrypto.com/investing-in-aztec/ https://a16zcrypto.com/investing-in-aztec/"
X Link 2022-12-15T18:37Z 54.8K followers, 63.5K engagements
"I'm constantly shocked by how vicious society can be toward people who are trying to build something new. Be it AI crypto rockets nuclear anything. It only seems to be getting worse. How do we get back to a culture that reaches for the stars"
X Link 2023-02-13T16:45Z 54.8K followers, 65.5K engagements
"Today we are very excited to share that @a16zcrypto is leading @alongsidefis $11M seed round ๐ฅ Alongside is building products that make crypto investing simpler and more accessible for anyone"
X Link 2023-02-15T15:31Z 54.8K followers, 87.8K engagements
"Loved discussing zk-proofs with @laurashin and @danboneh on the @unchained_pod. We could have gone on for hours so much to cover. Thank you Laura https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/why-zero-knowledge-proofs-are-critical-to-ethereums-future/ https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/why-zero-knowledge-proofs-are-critical-to-ethereums-future/"
X Link 2023-03-28T21:27Z 54.8K followers, 28.2K engagements
"Huge moment. @ironfishcrypto mainnet is live. LFG ๐ฅ 1/ Iron Fish mainnet is live today April 20th (4/20) #IronFish is a new PoW L1. Our goal is to make web3 safeenabling financial privacy while deterring bad actors. Every transaction on Iron Fish is fully encrypted with ZKPs for validation. https://t.co/6Ur9XGYIoU https://t.co/ZgvIUgWr1d 1/ Iron Fish mainnet is live today April 20th (4/20) #IronFish is a new PoW L1. Our goal is to make web3 safeenabling financial privacy while deterring bad actors. Every transaction on Iron Fish is fully encrypted with ZKPs for validation."
X Link 2023-04-20T18:52Z 54.8K followers, 28.1K engagements
"Great step forward toward integrating crypto payments with web2 payments infrastructure. @loopcrypto_xyz + @stripe integration is live ๐ It is now simple and painless to accept and manage crypto & fiat payments in [--] place. The Loop + @stripe integration is here. ๐ฅ ๐งต https://t.co/c8eiMUONPo It is now simple and painless to accept and manage crypto & fiat payments in [--] place. The Loop + @stripe integration is here. ๐ฅ ๐งต https://t.co/c8eiMUONPo"
X Link 2023-05-10T14:24Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm very excited to announce that @a16zcrypto has doubled down on @soundxyz_ by leading their Series A funding round ๐ง๐ฅ Sound is music without the middleman; a web3 music platform that is powering the next generation of artists and their communities ๐งต https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/announcement/investing-in-sound-xyz/ https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/announcement/investing-in-sound-xyz/"
X Link 2023-07-12T13:07Z 54.8K followers, 50.9K engagements
"405 lbs x [--] reps ๐"
X Link 2023-12-11T16:36Z 54.8K followers, 44K engagements
"Sometimesamid the suffocating fog of degen noisewe need to remind ourselves why we are here. We are here because permissionless innovation is the only way out of our greatest existential riskthe risk of stagnation and atrophy. We are here because crypto is a technology with the potential to unlock ever-greater scale of human cooperationthe only way humans have ever solved any problem that matters. We are here because innovation dies when the decisions about what you CAN and CANNOT build are all made by web2 monopolies or by certain rogue technically illiterate bureaucrats in Washington D.C."
X Link 2023-12-15T13:18Z 54.8K followers, 85.2K engagements
"Our greatest existential risk is the risk of stagnation and atrophy. No civilization can survive very long by standing still"
X Link 2023-12-15T15:23Z 54.8K followers, [----] engagements
"If a VC ever threatens you to spin up a competitor against you if you don't want their money then you REALLY don't want their money"
X Link 2024-02-14T21:56Z 54.8K followers, 45.2K engagements
"CSX demo day is here ๐ฅ It's easy to take the internet for granted. It works so well that we forget that it was hardly usable in the beginning. Getting to where we are now required hard work to improve every layer of the stack over the course of many years. The state of crypto infrastructure today is similar to where the internet was in the mid-90s. Weve gotten a glimpse of what blockchain computers will someday make possible but we still have a lot of work to do. It's encouraging that some of the smartest entrepreneurs we've met are doing that work for the crypto stack going layer by layer"
X Link 2024-06-11T15:38Z 54.8K followers, 47.2K engagements
"Im thrilled to announce that were leading the $20M Series A in @HallidayHQ after also leading their Seed round to back their vision for a new software era of web3 development. The experience of building on blockchains is often more comparable to designing hardware than writing software. Developers spend months building meticulously auditing before taping out a smart contract etched in stone. Upgrades demand large-scale coordination and manual migrations leading to slow iteration cycles and minimal flexibility to swap in new components on the fly. Halliday changes that. Its Workflow Protocol"
X Link 2025-03-18T16:26Z 54.8K followers, 34.5K engagements
"We need a cryptoeconomics simulator in which the game mechanics of a crypto protocol can be stress tested. Ideally the various roles in the protocol can be simulated by adversarial RL agents seeking to maximize profit. (credit to @cdixon for original idea)"
X Link 2018-01-15T01:26Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Inspired by @rzurrer my definition cryptoeconomics: "The branch of knowledge seeking a theoretical framework that informs the design of incentive structures in decentralized networks such that honest behavior is the rational game-theoretical equilibrium for all agents involved.""
X Link 2018-01-15T02:34Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"1/ A crypto network is more like a city than it is like a firm or an individual. Like a city a crypto network is a community of loosely affiliated individuals who agree about: the location of their work and residence (city); the protocol that they use and run (crypto network). https://x.com/Iiterature/status/931617427397410816 A blockchain is most like a. https://x.com/Iiterature/status/931617427397410816 A blockchain is most like a"
X Link 2018-01-24T08:51Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The fundamental advantage of decentralized networks is that more so than any technological movement that has come before they intimately entwine two of the most powerful forces in human history:"
X Link 2018-02-17T17:55Z 54.8K followers, [---] engagements
"So apparently H.G. Wells conceived in [----] of a decentralized universally accessible Permanent World Encyclopedia that he called the World Brain. That was [--] years before the first glimmers of the Internet let alone Wikipedia and now cryptonetworks ๐คฏ cc @juanbenet"
X Link 2018-12-12T21:53Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"New Podcast: Voting and Governance in Decentralized Networks w/ @phildaian I really enjoyed this conversation with Phil about the challenges with governance for blockchains. We discuss coercion resistance economic security Dark DAOs and implications. https://a16z.com/2019/02/09/voting-blockchains-governance-security-cryptoeconomics/ https://a16z.com/2019/02/09/voting-blockchains-governance-security-cryptoeconomics/"
X Link 2019-02-10T13:32Z 47K followers, [---] engagements
"We are looking to hire a data scientist with a passion for crypto (though not necessarily a lot of prior experience in the space) who will work closely with us on the @a16z crypto investment team. Reach out if you know of anyone or apply if interested ๐ https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/a16zcom/view/P_AAAAAADAAF3APhSspO5TW0 https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/a16zcom/view/P_AAAAAADAAF3APhSspO5TW0"
X Link 2019-04-25T23:01Z 47.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Well at least in principle the utility curve that best models a network effect is a true superlinear curve. Social networks do indeed continue to get more valuable with each additional user that joins. And each new user brings to the network more value than the last"
X Link 2019-06-12T13:41Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"This superlinear effect tends to hold indefinitely regardless of how big these social networks get. The same cannot be said for scale effects. The utility curve that best models a scale effect tends to be an S-curve. At some point marginal returns to scale flatten out"
X Link 2019-06-12T13:41Z 47.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Crypto offers us a whole new set of tools for the governance of large human systems. This is a talk I gave on the @a16z Summit stage exactly one year ago (now with a full transcript). https://a16z.com/2019/11/12/the-end-of-centralization-and-the-future-of-trust/ https://a16z.com/2019/11/12/the-end-of-centralization-and-the-future-of-trust/"
X Link 2019-11-12T18:45Z 47.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@jillruthcarlson Check out @rally_io"
X Link 2021-04-07T22:45Z 47.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Made my contribution to @ConstitutionDAO. Not too late for you to make yours. (๐ ๐)"
X Link 2021-11-18T03:38Z 47.1K followers, [--] engagements
"were all mothafuckin buying the constitution wambtc @ConstitutionDAO"
X Link 2021-11-18T14:57Z 47.2K followers, [--] engagements
"LayerZero ๐ค Google Cloud This is a huge step forward for the industrya tech giant of the likes of Google is stepping up to the plate to contribute end-to-end security to LayerZero bridges. Google and the LZ team spent almost a year building this together. Big moment today ๐ฅ"
X Link 2023-09-12T16:43Z 44.8K followers, 59.1K engagements
"Had a great time debating with @aeyakovenkowho founded @solanaalong with @guywuolletjr and @smc90 about the end-game for blockchain architectures ๐"
X Link 2023-09-12T20:21Z 43.9K followers, [----] engagements
"1/ Excited to announce that @a16zcrypto is leading @freaticteams seed round ๐ฅ New bits of information often propagate inefficiently within informal trust networks. Freatic is using cryptography and game theory to build a decentralized marketplace for information exchange"
X Link 2023-09-20T16:07Z 44.8K followers, 42.8K engagements
"Speaking today at Messari Mainnet. Will be on stage with @twobitidiot at around 4p ET. Come join us"
X Link 2023-09-21T14:31Z 47.2K followers, [----] engagements
"It's hard to imagine crypto ever reaching mainstream adoption without privacy. The launch of Aztec's Sandbox is an enormous step toward enabling private smart contracts on Ethereum. ๐ฅ"
X Link 2023-09-22T18:37Z 44.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Tired AF arbitrage 100x leverage yield farming flash loans MEV capture memecoins airdrop farming day-trading one-off games Underexplored token lockups retroactive funding non-transferable tokens rewards for verifiable work on-chain reputation iterated games"
X Link 2023-12-07T20:18Z 43.7K followers, 27.8K engagements
"Don't know who needs to hear it but being a degen just isnt cool"
X Link 2023-12-08T18:31Z 43.9K followers, 134K engagements
"@KyleSamani Degens dont build. Builders are cooler"
X Link 2023-12-08T22:56Z 43.8K followers, 33.5K engagements
"Nifty trick for generating new crypto ideas: Look for modes of human cooperation that work well locally but breakdown globally. Why do they breakdown at scale"
X Link 2023-12-10T15:27Z 44.8K followers, 11.3K engagements
"@gabusch Would love that"
X Link 2023-12-10T15:29Z 43.6K followers, [---] engagements
"You wondered why we have modularity flame wars"
X Link 2023-12-11T14:01Z 44.8K followers, 21.2K engagements
"Graph of all of the founding teams that I spent time with this year: ๐ด ecosystems ๐ข portfolio companies ๐ต pitches ๐ฃ categories And interesting subgraphs in thread below ๐"
X Link 2023-12-12T15:13Z 46.5K followers, 23.6K engagements
"Two biggest L1 ecosystems: Ethereum and @solana"
X Link 2023-12-12T15:13Z 46.4K followers, 15.7K engagements
"Made with @obsdmd ๐ซก"
X Link 2023-12-12T15:24Z 43.8K followers, [----] engagements
"๐ @NEARProtocol is opening up its sharded high-performance blockchain to scale Ethereum through NEAR Data Availability (DA) But how is this accomplished Let's take a deep dive into this topic. ๐งต @NEARProtocol is opening up its sharded high-performance blockchain to scale Ethereum through NEAR Data Availability (DA) But how is this accomplished Let's take a deep dive into this topic. ๐งต"
X Link 2023-12-12T22:38Z 46.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Modularity Paradox ๐ It unlocks innovation AND introduces constraints. How does it unlock innovation It makes it possible for a whole ecosystem of players to emerge each experimenting with their own approach and specializing on what they do best. For example the [---] volt electrical socket is a modular interface that has led to an ecosystem of appliance manufacturers. Because of the socket standard they can innovate on their products without having to know or care about the details of running an electrical utility company. How does it introduce constraints The interfaces between modules are"
X Link 2023-12-16T13:28Z 43.9K followers, 10.8K engagements
"Capitalism private property freely tradable Crypto private property via private keys freely tradable 24/7 via decentralized exchanges"
X Link 2023-12-16T16:07Z 43.8K followers, [----] engagements
"None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information"
X Link 2024-02-22T14:03Z 45.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Open source is the technological equivalent of free speech. You watch and enjoy please Ben @bhorowitz and me for two hours on tech politics and policy in DC and beyond. Many X questions answered and points made. ๐๐ช https://t.co/qEsfNyIcEJ You watch and enjoy please Ben @bhorowitz and me for two hours on tech politics and policy in DC and beyond. Many X questions answered and points made. ๐๐ช https://t.co/qEsfNyIcEJ"
X Link 2024-04-06T14:10Z 46.2K followers, 30.5K engagements
"@espricewright @davidu @KTmBoyle @a16z welcome to the team"
X Link 2024-04-08T13:11Z 46.3K followers, [---] engagements
"EigenLayer is the verifiable cloud. Massive leap forward today toward the realization of that vision. @eigenlayer launches on mainnet today taking the first steps towards our vision of building the verifiable digital commons ----------- Ethereum is the verifiable internet. Rollup is the verifiable web server. AVS is verifiable SaaS. Eigenlayer is the verifiable cloud. @eigenlayer launches on mainnet today taking the first steps towards our vision of building the verifiable digital commons ----------- Ethereum is the verifiable internet. Rollup is the verifiable web server. AVS is verifiable"
X Link 2024-04-09T23:04Z 46.9K followers, 31.2K engagements
"The beautiful thing about this is that LZ will likely learn a lot from the sybils who choose to reveal themselves about the hiding techniques that they are using. That will make their detection hit rate on those who don't reveal themselves even higher than it would have been otherwise. The Sybil filtering process is as follows Phase 1: Self-report for 15% of intended allocation Phase 2: LZ Labs sybil report. Sybil caught get [--]. Phase 3: Bounty hunter program. Catch a Sybil get 10% of their intended allocation. Users first. The Sybil filtering process is as follows Phase 1: Self-report for 15%"
X Link 2024-05-04T14:26Z 46.4K followers, 97.1K engagements
".@jerrycainjr is the ๐ My most formative moments as a computer science student all happened in his Stanford classes. Professor Jerry Cain from Stanford University covers C programming emphasizing pointers and structs. He demonstrates an unconventional method to access struct fields. I highly recommend this entire 29-video series for anyone interested in C. https://t.co/TA1JFghI7n Professor Jerry Cain from Stanford University covers C programming emphasizing pointers and structs. He demonstrates an unconventional method to access struct fields. I highly recommend this entire 29-video series"
X Link 2024-05-06T00:30Z 46.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Important moment for the XMTP ecosystem Big day here. Ephemera has acquired @converseapp_ and as of [--] am EST we open-sourced it. Converse is the simplest and fastest app built on XMTP. The Converse team has been building with XMTP since day one and with the ability to reach over 2m+ identities on XMTP we are Big day here. Ephemera has acquired @converseapp_ and as of [--] am EST we open-sourced it. Converse is the simplest and fastest app built on XMTP. The Converse team has been building with XMTP since day one and with the ability to reach over 2m+ identities on XMTP we are"
X Link 2024-07-31T23:15Z 46.3K followers, [----] engagements
"None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information. https://a16z.com/disclosures/ https://a16z.com/disclosures/"
X Link 2024-08-08T16:12Z 47.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Had a great time chatting with @PrimordialAA on our podcast. We talked about the history and current state of cross-chain interoperability. But maybe even more interesting is Bryan's life storyfrom professional poker player to founder of @LayerZero_Core Blockchain bridges have a history of succumbing to big hacks. Why One of the builders who knows the world of blockchain interoperability best helps disentangle the mess. LayerZero Labs CEO and Cofounder Bryan Pellegrino (@PrimordialAA) joins a16z crypto General Partner Ali https://t.co/bfZyGPUQfv Blockchain bridges have a history of succumbing"
X Link 2024-10-02T22:24Z 47.1K followers, [----] engagements
"One of the most striking slides in our State of Crypto report. Growth of monthly active crypto addresses is exponential in a way that roughly tracks the internet's early growth ๐ Weve just released our latest State of Crypto report. It shares insights on key trends like stablecoins L2s and AI plus cryptos rise as a hot policy issue new data on builders and users and much more. Full report: https://t.co/OVasX3gvAu Here are [--] top takeaways https://t.co/xMxwczV1Co Weve just released our latest State of Crypto report. It shares insights on key trends like stablecoins L2s and AI plus cryptos rise"
X Link 2024-10-16T18:22Z 46.9K followers, 15.1K engagements
"This is an excerpt of a16z cryptos State of Crypto. The full report should be read in its entirety for important disclosures and context. None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; see for further information. http://a16z.com/disclosures http://a16z.com/disclosures http://a16z.com/disclosures http://a16z.com/disclosures"
X Link 2024-10-16T18:25Z 46.8K followers, [---] engagements
"LayerZero ๐ค @PayPal ๐ต PayPal USD (PYUSD) integrates LayerZero to connect across chains enabling seamless transfers between Ethereum and Solana. By utilizing LayerZero users who self-custody their PYUSD tokens can seamlessly transfer assets between blockchains -- without needing to rely on https://t.co/4MxgW8bzYV ๐ต PayPal USD (PYUSD) integrates LayerZero to connect across chains enabling seamless transfers between Ethereum and Solana. By utilizing LayerZero users who self-custody their PYUSD tokens can seamlessly transfer assets between blockchains -- without needing to rely on"
X Link 2024-11-13T17:42Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Eigen ๐ค Infura Infura โพ EIGEN - This is huge Infura launching Decentralized Infrastructure Network on @eigenlayer processing [---] Billion requests a year This used to be the biggest complaint from Bitcoiners on Ethereum - RPC services are centralized. Not anymore. Ethereum Infura โพ EIGEN - This is huge Infura launching Decentralized Infrastructure Network on @eigenlayer processing [---] Billion requests a year This used to be the biggest complaint from Bitcoiners on Ethereum - RPC services are centralized. Not anymore. Ethereum"
X Link 2024-11-14T21:46Z 46.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Congratulations @DavidSacks Excellent choice"
X Link 2024-12-06T01:50Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Murmur Protocol: A marketplace for alpha. Let's go ๐ฅ Your alpha is someone elses edge. Stop giving it away for free. Today we're launching the first marketplace where you can profit from your alpha Start earning now: https://t.co/V00fGTwzRF https://t.co/mevDzL0d4V Your alpha is someone elses edge. Stop giving it away for free. Today we're launching the first marketplace where you can profit from your alpha Start earning now: https://t.co/V00fGTwzRF https://t.co/mevDzL0d4V"
X Link 2024-12-19T00:15Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information. https://a16z.com/disclosures/ https://a16z.com/disclosures/"
X Link 2024-12-19T00:16Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"2025 prediction: Formal verification will become increasingly important Our team has formally-verified the Aleo Virtual Machine (AVM) constraint system. We found [--] bugs and [--] classes of optimizations to further improve the AVMs performance. We will formally check all updates to the AVM constraint system and formally-verify every aspect of the https://t.co/etcGWWqEII Our team has formally-verified the Aleo Virtual Machine (AVM) constraint system. We found [--] bugs and [--] classes of optimizations to further improve the AVMs performance. We will formally check all updates to the AVM constraint"
X Link 2024-12-20T00:58Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@skupor @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy Congratulations Scott ๐"
X Link 2024-12-22T22:21Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"There are two kinds of confident people: [--]. The ones who are confident because they get a lot of validation. [--]. The ones who are confident because they don't need validation. The most successful founders tend to always be of second kind"
X Link 2025-01-08T20:22Z 47.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Jane is a rising star. She is a great investor has keen product/GTM instincts is a true OG of the space and is better connected than anyone. But the most important thing about her is that she cares deeply about the founders that she works with. She will go to the end of the world to help them succeed. Any and all founders would be lucky to work with her. She will be a force at @VoltCapital. After [--] & a half incredible years at a16z crypto I'm heading back into the trenches of early stage venture by joining Soona & the exceptional team at @VoltCapital ๐พ After [--] & a half incredible years at"
X Link 2025-01-14T00:17Z 47.2K followers, [----] engagements
"How do you decentralize AI You need verification. ๐ Introducing Verde Verde is a high-scale verification system for machine learning over untrusted nodes. It ensures correct execution of ML operations across any device in the world from data centres to the edge. It operates at runtime and doesn't require any onboarding. https://t.co/8LFunJq0yL Introducing Verde Verde is a high-scale verification system for machine learning over untrusted nodes. It ensures correct execution of ML operations across any device in the world from data centres to the edge. It operates at runtime and doesn't"
X Link 2025-02-27T22:55Z 47.5K followers, 28K engagements
"None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information. http://a16z.com/disclosures/ http://a16z.com/disclosures/"
X Link 2025-04-17T16:10Z 48.9K followers, 11.4K engagements
"I'm hosting Solana's @aeyakovenko tomorrow for a fireside chat with @a16zcrypto's CSX SF cohort. What should I ask him"
X Link 2025-04-21T13:06Z 48.9K followers, 21.9K engagements
"None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information. http://a16z.com/disclosures/ http://a16z.com/disclosures/"
X Link 2025-05-13T21:52Z 48.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Excited to chat with @alexblania on stage at @SolanaConf tomorrow to discuss World Solana crypto x AI and other important trends in the space. Come join"
X Link 2025-05-22T20:55Z 49K followers, 11.7K engagements
"None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see for more information http://a16z.com/disclosures/ http://a16z.com/disclosures/"
X Link 2025-06-17T15:07Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The upcoming era of AI digital money and quantum computing will require a new standard for secure and interoperable communication. @xmtp_ is a protocol for the future of messaging open decentralized and quantum-resistant. Just as SMTP laid the foundation for email at the dawn of the web XMTP is built to do the same for this new era. Were thrilled to announce our $20M Series B to fuel XMTPs mission: ๐ Build the most secure decentralized messaging protocol ๐ค Support any identity across any digital ecosystem ๐ก Help fuel the next generation of messaging applications XMTP is rebuilding secure"
X Link 2025-07-17T14:24Z 49.8K followers, 11.5K engagements
"Stablecoins are turbocharging online payments: fast global programmable. @Loopcrypto_xyz is building the infrastructure to power this next generation of commerce. Were excited to announce a new strategic funding round for @loopcrypto_xyz led by @fabric_vc & @vaneck_us with additional first-time investment from @0xMert_ (Helius) & @MaxWolf__ (Plug and Play) and with continued support from @a16zcrypto @archetypevc a_capital & others. https://t.co/TiIpmltXRJ Were excited to announce a new strategic funding round for @loopcrypto_xyz led by @fabric_vc & @vaneck_us with additional first-time"
X Link 2025-08-21T18:05Z 49.8K followers, [----] engagements
"AI needs verifiable computing to build trust. @eigenlayer has the answer AIs trust problem ends today. We're thrilled to launch two new services EigenCompute and EigenAI on EigenCloud. A new foundation for building truly verifiable apps and agents. One of the biggest upgrades to AI since the launch of GPTs. More ๐งต https://t.co/2QBaR6d8uk AIs trust problem ends today. We're thrilled to launch two new services EigenCompute and EigenAI on EigenCloud. A new foundation for building truly verifiable apps and agents. One of the biggest upgrades to AI since the launch of GPTs. More ๐งต"
X Link 2025-09-30T14:20Z 49.9K followers, [----] engagements
"4/ For this reason cities tend to persist much longer than individuals and firmsboth of which have more single points of failure. Like cities crypto networks may prove to be similarly long-lasting"
X Link 2018-01-24T08:52Z 47K followers, [--] engagements
"5/ To take this analogy to its probable breaking point the art and science of city planning is akin to that of cryptonetwork protocol design: "The city is the ingenious mechanism we have evolved for facilitating and enhancing social interaction collaboration and innovation.""
X Link 2018-02-20T21:46Z 47K followers, [--] engagements
"@devonzuegel https://www.youtube.com/watchv=dC-PQDjP-2o https://www.youtube.com/watchv=dC-PQDjP-2o"
X Link 2018-03-18T16:45Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
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