With growing activity and innovation around token-based network models, builders are wondering how to distinguish different types of tokens — and which might be the best choice for their business. At the same time, both consumers and policy makers
Pricing is a common conundrum for marketplace builders. Many marketplaces heavily subsidize user activity to bootstrap initial growth and liquidity — giving their product or service away for free (or at a steep discount). But that’s not sustainab
The open source implementation of Jolt, the most performant zkVM to date, is based on a new design paradigm. Here, a16z crypto Research Partner Justin Thaler, explains some of the core concepts behind the technology: including, the sumcheck protocol, instruction sets, and curve-based commitment schemes.