web3 with a16z crypto

Listen, download, subscribe

Apple Podcasts

Google Podcasts

Spotify

PoS Blockchains - Designs, Consensus, Attacks

with @lera_banda @tim_roughgarden @smc90 An overview of proof-of-stake blockchains -- from quick background on how blockchains work, difference between PoS & PoW, and approaches to improving both; to digging deeper into Sybill attacks and Sybill resistance; and much more on the design (and some debates) of PoS blockchains overall.

• 

  Layer 2, Rollups, and Building Onchain (with Base)

• 

  Theory to Code: Building the Breakthrough zkVM Jolt

• 

  Let's Get Digi-Physical: From 'Tap' Chips to Taylor Swift

• 

  The Art of Technology, The Technology of Art

• 

  Leading through uncertainty (with Coinbase CEO)

• 

  Snowboards, software, and scaling (with Shopify CEO)

• 

  Money, power, politics, and the internet's next battleground

• 

  The story of the internet, emergent networks, and their effects

• 

  Read Write Own: A new era

• 

  On the decentralized web, truth, and human rights: 'Hacking authenticity'

• 

  Communicating in Crypto, and Beyond

• 

  Chain Choices: Or, How to Decide What Blockchain to Build On

• 

  Debating Blockchain Architectures (with Solana)

• 

  Financial Freedom, Company Building, More

• 

  AI & Crypto

• 

  Strategy & Operations for web3 (with Uniswap COO)