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The a16z Show — Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 70%37m·2026-07-13·Technology

Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication

The a16z Show · 1144

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 Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov, one of the pioneers of programming languages, fault tolerance, and…

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