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What The Merge Means

The Merge - the major Ethereum upgrade that happened early Thursday morning - will go down as one of the most important moments in the history of open source. It's hard to think of a cooler example of a community of hundreds of developers across many organizations driving years of open-ended research and hard technical development.

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A Practical Guide to NFT Memberships for Creators

In 2021, Chris Dixon wrote about how creators can use NFTs to their "1,000 true fans." Since then, NFT use-cases have multiplied. Case in point: The rise of NFT memberships, which require fans to hold a specific NFT to join a private community and enjoy its perks.

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A Practical Guide to NFT Memberships for Creators

Smart Contract Security: A Simple Checklist for Web3 Development

Commonly, attackers find and exploit multiple deficiencies across the software development supply chain - the series of steps that go into releasing new code into the world, from design to deployment and upkeep. If proper protocols and best practices were more readily available, we believe far fewer security incidents would occur.

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Smart Contract Security: A Simple Checklist for Web3 Development

Crypto Canon | Andreessen Horowitz

Here's a list of crypto readings and resources (2018-2019). It's organized from building blocks and basics; foundations (& history); and key concepts - followed by specific topics such as governance; privacy and security; scaling; consensus and governance; cryptoeconomics, cryptoassets, and ...

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Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report

A lot has changed in the state of crypto since we started investing in the area nearly a decade ago. This report is the first of what will be an annual overview of trends in the crypto industry, shared through the a16z crypto vantage point of both tracking data and across the countless entrepreneurs and builders we meet.

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Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report

Web3 Security: Attack Types and Lessons Learned | Andreessen Horowitz

A good deal of web3 security rests on blockchains' special ability to make commitments and to be resilient to human intervention. But the related feature of finality - where transactions are generally irreversible - makes these software-controlled networks a tempting target for attackers.

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Web3 Security: Attack Types and Lessons Learned | Andreessen Horowitz

The Missing Link Between Web2 and Web3: Custody

Crypto faces a major barrier when it comes to mainstream adoption: The user journey is complicated and not yet built-out, and it's not at all easy or intuitive for people new to crypto to even do the simplest possible thing - hold complete control over their own digital assets.

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The Missing Link Between Web2 and Web3: Custody

A Decade of Deep Learning: How the AI Startup Experience Has Evolved

The artificial intelligence field has evolved dramatically since the deep learning revolution kicked off in 2012, and Richard Socher has been around for all of it. He earned his PhD from Stanford working on NLP (natural language processing) before co-founding an AI startup called MetaMind in 2013.

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A Decade of Deep Learning: How the AI Startup Experience Has Evolved

DAOs, a Canon

What is (and isn't) a DAO? Why do DAOs matter? How do DAOs fit into web3, crypto, the creator economy, future of work, and many other areas? Inspired by our NFT Canon earlier this year (and original Crypto Canon), we've culled the below list of resources for those seeking to understand, build, and otherwise get involved with these "decentralized autonomous organizations" - which represent the future of community, coordination, work...

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NFT Canon

The NFT Canon is a go-to resource for artists and creators, developers, corporations and institutions, communities and other organizations seeking to understand or do more with non-fungible tokens.

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Crypto & Web3

Tomicah Tillemann and Zoran Basich Two recent hearings in Washington, focusing on crypto and the related trend of web3, signified a shift in policymakers' understanding of decentralized tech.

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