This is the year the world came onchain.
When we launched our first State of Crypto report, the industry was still in its adolescence. The total crypto market was worth about half what it is today. Blockchains were much slower, more expensive, and le
Each year, the State of Crypto report from a16z crypto cuts through the noise and tracks crypto’s evolution across markets, technology, policy, and culture.
Now in its fourth edition, the 2025 State of Crypto report reveals how crypto has gone ma
A detailed overview of some state-of-the-art SNARKs (Succinct Non-interactive Argument of Knowledge) by Justin Thaler (Georgetown University). Justin recaps his introduction and offers an overview of the SNARKs used in rollup projects with particular attention to performance and security considerations.