I'm the CTO for a16z crypto, and focus on our research lab, engineering, and security teams.
- writing
- State of Crypto Report 2025 (2025)
- Arcade Tokens: The Most Underappreciated Token Type (2025)
- Defining Tokens (2025)
- Network Tokens vs. Company-Backed Tokens (2025)
- State of Crypto Report 2024 (2024)
- State of Crypto Report 2023 (2023)
- Zero Knowledge Canon (2022)
- 7 Essential Ingredients of a Metaverse (2022)
- The Crypto Price-Innovation Cycle (2020)
- talks
- on the a16z crypto podcast
- After the Foundation Era: Tokens, Policy, and Startup Structures (2025)
- AI vs. ID: Proof of Human (2025)
- Your Guide to Tokens: Types, Design, Uses, More (2025)
- All About Airdrops (2025)
- Token Do's and Don'ts (2024)
- Open Sourcing the Superchain (with Optimism) (2024)
- Chain Choices: How to Decide What Blockchain to Build On (2023)
- Onchain Games (2023)
- Programming Languages & Crypto (2023)