Robert Hackett

@hackr

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Name a wilder example of the next big thing starting out looking like a toy than Stan Ulam inventing Monte Carlo Method while stuck in bed playing Solitaire

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Hugely positive news. Go @brianquintenz! 🇺🇸🫡

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Apps that have a daily streak tracker (🔥) really work for me. But offline activities don’t have apps — and streak data gets siloed by app anyway. What if you want more control over your habits, your streaks, and your data? So I created a personal daily streak/ habit tracking app with help from Replit’s AI coding agent. It’s not perfect and it’s nothing fancy. But I would not describe myself as a programmer… And yet here I am with a deployed and functioning app that I built in a half hour.

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“To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.”

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the wildest thing about parenthood is how your child hyperstitions themselves into language acquisition

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I know @ishverduzco has tools he can recommend

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👉 How to be good at social ft. @gaut + @ishverduzco Some tips: - double down on personal interests, expertise, and obsessions - use stock prompts and scheduled content to keep up posting - adopt the mindset of a standup comedian …and lots more

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give into temptation

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Applications are open! Join our next @a16zcrypto startup accelerator CSX Spring 2025 wants YOU 🫵

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2025 is going to be another exciting year for crypto. Here are 5 metrics I'll be watching closely to track the industry's continued progress 👇

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With the fight for crypto’s existence subsiding, it’s time to focus on crypto's purpose: decentralization. Decentralization is at the heart of what makes crypto worthwhile. But if we don't properly incentivize and enshrine it in law, we'll lose it. Read my op-ed @coindesk ⬇️ https://t.co/Bhk2AHEQ6g

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What can you do when experts can’t be trusted? Draw lots. This episode examines the ancient practice of “sortition,” which delegates decision-making power to random members of the public. Sometimes called “government by lottery,” sortition was used in ancient Athenian democracy to elect public officials. Now it’s undergoing a revival as tech companies (like Meta) and AI startups (like OpenAI and Anthropic) use the method to shape their policies. Our guests today are Bailey Flanigan, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard who is joining MIT as an assistant professor next year, and who has helped develop selection algorithms for sortition that are in use today; and @andyhall, Stanford University poli sci professor, advisor to Meta, and consultant to a16z crypto research. w/ @hackr 🎙️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjG2qhAAz0Y

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Thanks and glad to have you!

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Over the past three summers @a16zcrypto we've had 19 tremendous research interns. Want to be part of the summer '25 cohort? The application is open now, for full consideration please apply by Nov 8. https://a16z.com/about/jobs/?gh_jid=6242445003

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In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of our newly released, annual State of Crypto Report — a16z crypto’s analysis of the latest data and trends that have defined the industry in 2024. This year’s report features some brand new insights, from estimating the number of real crypto users globally, to understanding how much interest in crypto swing states may have ahead of the U.S. election. We also dig into infrastructure improvements to blockchains and key applications — including stablecoins, AI, and so-called DePIN. @darenmatsuoka @eddy @hackr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY11_NsQt9o

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This morning we released our 2024 State of Crypto report, which I’ve been working on for the past few months. It’s been refreshing to take a step back and look at crypto from a broad, but data-driven, perspective. Check out the full report at: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/state-of-crypto-report-2024/

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We’ve just released our latest State of Crypto report. It shares insights on key trends — like stablecoins, L2s, and AI — plus, crypto’s rise as a hot policy issue, new data on builders and users, and much more. Here are 7 top takeaways ⬇️ 1. Crypto activity and usage hit all-time highs 2. Crypto has become a key political issue ahead of the U.S. election 3. Stablecoins have found product-market fit 4. Major scaling upgrades have drastically reduced onchain transaction costs 5. DeFi remains popular — and it’s growing 6. Crypto could solve some of AI’s most pressing challenges 7. More scalable infrastructure has unlocked new onchain applications Check out the full report: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/state-of-crypto-report-2024/

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Blockchain bridges have a history of succumbing to big hacks. Why? One of the builders who knows the world of blockchain interoperability best helps disentangle the mess. LayerZero Labs CEO and Cofounder Bryan Pellegrino (@primordialaa) joins a16z crypto General Partner Ali Yahya (@alive) and show cohost Robert Hackett (@hackr) for a tour of what goes on between chains. Check out the full podcast here: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/podcast/blockchain-bridges-layerzero-bryan-pellegrino/

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