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Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication

a16z Podcast by a16z

Jul 13, 202600:37:20Technology

Every blockchain today relies on replication techniques first developed in the 1980s by researchers who weren't thinking about cryptocurrencies at all. In this episode, Tim Roughgarden speaks with MIT professor and Turin...

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Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication is an episode from a16z Podcast by a16z. Every blockchain today relies on replication techniques first developed in the 1980s by researchers who weren't thinking about cryptocurrencies...

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Published Jul 13, 2026, 00:37:20 long, audio available.