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
In this talk, Tim Roughgarden(head of research at a16z crypto), Scott Kominers(research partner), and Pranav Garimidi(research analyst) discuss incentives, market design and mechanism design within the infrastructure and application layers.