Daren Matsuoka

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Enforcing royalties on NFT sales has always been tricky, and it's held the industry back. This post provides an overview of the current design space (and the tradeoffs), and offers some new ideas for creators and developers to think about.

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Creator royalties are a key value proposition of NFTs, but they've faced significant implementation challenges. In an @a16zcrypto article out today, @michaelblau, @darenmatsuoka, and I review the existing solutions and associated trade-offs, and propose some new ways to think about the problem 👇👀

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You can track this metric, along with many others, at https://a16zcrypto.com/stateofcrypto. The data is updated monthly.

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Crypto.com estimates that there are 580 million crypto owners globally, which means there is room to grow the total number of mobile wallet users by more than 20x from the existing base of crypto owners alone.

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The number of mobile wallet users in crypto is now at an all time high of 28 million, according to the data from our State of Crypto Index. This is a good indicator that the industry’s UX improvements are bringing more mainstream users into the space.

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Jolt Alpha it out and it's crazy fast with more optimization opportunities remaining than any other zkVM. Since uses a many-round polynomial IOP based on sum-check + a commitment scheme for multilinear polynomials, it hasn't had all the eyes on it (like other methods). Lots of low-hanging fruit to PROVE FAST.

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Jolt is an insane accomplishment from gigabrains Justin Thaler, @samrags @moodlezoup @ncitron.eth. This is a significant contribution toward the endgame solution for blockchain scalability, and of course the implementation is fully open source ⚡️

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None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see https://a16z.com/disclosures/ for more information.

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3. DEX Volume - Volume on decentralized exchanges hit an all time high in March; notably, low-transaction fee blockchains like Base and Solana captured a majority of this activity. https://a16zcrypto.com/stateofcrypto/dex-volume

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2. Mobile Wallet Users - After trending down for most of 2022 and 2023, mobile wallet users have now grown month-over-month for 5 consecutive months. March was a breakout month with 27M users - driven by significant growth in wallets like World App and Phantom. https://a16zcrypto.com/stateofcrypto/mobile-wallet-users

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1. Active Addresses - In March there were 37M active addresses across all tracked blockchains, a 34% month-over-month growth. The top chain by monthly active addresses: Solana. https://a16zcrypto.com/stateofcrypto/active-addresses

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The State of Crypto index, which measures innovation and adoption in the crypto industry based on 14 key non-financial metrics, hit another all time high last month. Several of the underlying metrics also individually hit all time highs. Here are some highlights 👇

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Here’s what I think we still need in order to realize the full vision of blockchain networks. What am I missing?

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The State of Crypto Index is at an all time high. The index measures innovation and adoption in the crypto industry based on 14 key non-financial metrics. This is an interactive tool (you can adjust the weights and parameters) and the data is updated monthly. Check it out: https://a16zcrypto.com/stateofcrypto/

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Reminder: In the crypto market, speculation is a byproduct that is separate from its core value proposition. Just like real estate, art, and many other markets today.

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Keeping crypto onshore is a matter of national security. Will the U.S. learn from past experiences like semiconductor manufacturing? We should not have to rely on untrusted foreign developers and suppliers for critical technology infrastructure.

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Let’s close the gap between crypto owners and active on-chain users. This is more important (and presents a bigger growth opportunity) than expanding the total number of crypto investors.

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1/ Applications are now open for CSX Fall 2024 in New York City! This is the first year that our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) program – which provides expert guidance, capital, and resources for founders of early-stage crypto startups – will have two cohorts, one for Spring and one for Fall.

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I cooked up something cool this weekend: a native Vision Pro app for Farcaster. It lets you drag any channel icon out of the main window to pop new windows into existence. Hoping to add some more feature that take advantage of this like frame widgets. What do you want to see me add?

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Today, we’re excited to announce that applications for Crypto Startup School Spring 2024 are now open until October 20, 2023. You can apply here: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/announcement/crypto-startup-school-applications-now-open-for-spring-2024-in-london/

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