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Porter Smith

Porter Smith
Porter is a deal partner on the a16z crypto team. He focuses on DeFi, governance design, and real-world applications across the crypto landscape.
Prior to a16z, Porter was an MH-6M Little Bird and AH-64D Apache helicopter pilot, deploying twice to Afghanistan. He was drawn to web3's systems-centered design thinking and meritocratic ethos.
Porter is a proud graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Latest Posts

Toppling the Internet’s Accidental Monarchs: How to Design web3 Platform Governance

by Porter Smith and Andrew Hall
  • crypto & web3
  • a16z crypto

Lightspeed Democracy: What web3 organizations can learn from the history of governance

by Andrew Hall and Porter Smith
  • crypto & web3
  • online communities
  • a16z crypto

Investing in Lido

by Daren Matsuoka and Porter Smith
  • crypto & web3
  • announcements

From @_PorterSmith

Porter Smith@_portersmith

George Washington (“711”), crypto OG. https://t.co/Cs3jpb7tqA

Alex Pruden@apruden08

About a year ago, I began thinking about the impact hardware acceleration could have on revolutionizing the blockchain technology landscape. That vision led to the creation of @z_prize, a competition modeled after DARPA's grand challenge for #zeroknowledge. 🧵👇 0/

Andy Hall@ahall_research

Today, @ethanbdm and I published a followup to our earlier piece on how to pay DAO participants to vote in the least expensive way. In this new piece, we explore whether it is possible to pay people to vote in an informed way. https://t.co/ZFdtDlNcnh

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