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The Can’t Be Evil NFT Licenses

Two decades ago, the newly formed Creative Commons (CC) released its first set of free, public licenses, enabling creators to open up aspects of...

Investing in PROOF

We are big believers in NFTs revolutionizing the future of the media, entertainment, and content creation spaces.  It’s personally been thrilling to see how many...

Thinking Through CC0 and IP for NFT Communities

Welcome to Web3 Water Cooler, a moderated Slack chat about a trending topic in crypto. This week’s participants are Orca Protocol’s Chase Chapman, Austin...

Supporting Public Goods with Gitcoin Grants

The maintenance and advancement of open-source software is crucial for the crypto community. Our portfolio companies, a16z crypto’s researchers and engineers, and pretty much...

Treasury Management: A Guide to Navigating Downturns

Crypto markets can be volatile. Over the past year, prices have swung wildly, only recently rebounding from a brisk “winter.” Up, down, sideways –...

Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks

As more people in crypto explore social, I find myself often talking about what makes social networks work and, sometimes, not work. One key...

Measuring SNARK performance: Frontends, backends, and the future

A SNARK (Succinct Non-interactive Arguments of Knowledge) is an important cryptographic primitive finding applications to blockchain scalability (e.g., L2 rollups) and privacy. SNARKs let...

In Defense of Stablecoins

This op-ed originally appeared as “In defence of stablecoins” on the Financial Times’s website on Monday, August 8, 2022, and in the newspaper’s print edition...

Why NFT Creators Are Going cc0

On January 1st each year – New Year’s Day, but also “Public Domain Day” – thousands of creative works automatically enter the public domain...

Investing in VeeFriends

Gary Vee’s commitment to supporting his community members’ personal growth has been evident throughout his entire career. He’s been at the cutting edge of...

DAO governance attacks, and how to avoid them

Many web3 projects embrace permissionless voting using a fungible and tradable native token. Permissionless voting can offer many benefits, from lowering barriers to entry...

The Future of Ethereum Upgrades, Post-Merge [Part 2]

Ethereum’s biggest-ever upgrade — the move to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism — is right around the corner. But while the Merge should add security...

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