Blockchains are a new settlement and ownership layer, one that’s programmable, open, and global by default, unlocking new forms of entrepreneurship, creativity, and infrastructure. Growth in monthly active crypto addresses is generally tracking the
The economics of the internet are already changing. As the open web collapses into a prompt bar, we have to wonder: Will AI lead to an open internet or a maze of new paywalls? And who will control it — big centralized companies or broad communities
A review of zero-knowledge proofs, where Sarah Meiklejohn (University College London, Google) looks at the applications that are driving their development, the different models that have emerged to capture these new interactions, the constructions that we can achieve, and the work left to do.