{"podcast":{"title":"a16z crypto show","slug":"a16z-crypto-show-5434524","podcast_index_feed_id":5434524,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/XPOpH7r4","website_url":"https://web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3474b6a1-976c-4c75-8e63-e4ad3a3b354d/6d5e7801-f225-452e-9f3c-0df8a5e7f917/3000x3000/a16zcrypto-podcast-20-1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Andreessen Horowitz","episode_count":123,"summary":"The a16z crypto show explores how decentralized networks are reshaping money, ownership, and the architecture of the internet. We go beyond the hype to look at what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what comes next as crypto continues to go mainstream and blockchains become core infrastructure. Each episode features conversations with founders, engineers, economists, policymakers, and researchers building at the frontier of finance, payments, AI, and distributed systems. We cover stablecoins and global payments, the tokenization of \"real-world\" assets, decentralized physical infrastructure, network design and governance, and the practical tradeoffs behind decentralization — along with lessons from past technology shifts. Produced and hosted by the a16z crypto team, the show combines reporting, analysis, and first-principles thinking to explain how crypto intersects with the economy and society — and why it matters now. Learn more at a16zcrypto.com. *** Posts should not be considered investment advice or an advertisement for investment services. Reposts of third-party content are not attributable to a16z; see disclosures for more information: https://a16z.com/disclosures/.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T04:18:31.628297+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524"},"episode":{"title":"How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer","slug":"how-bots-deepfakes-and-ai-agents-are-forcing-a-new-internet-identity-layer","published_at":"2026-04-17T18:38:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/how-bots-deepfakes-and-ai-agents-are-forcing-a-new-internet-identity-layer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524","url":"https://web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/alex-blania-a16z-show-repackage-for-a16z-crypto-WUH9Ugul","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1344/afp-848985-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/bf52be5a-9faf-45fb-9bc3-bb4270ec53d9/episodes/12f56e01-d988-4c28-8ee5-3a8899ff787f/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=bf52be5a-9faf-45fb-9bc3-bb4270ec53d9&awEpisodeId=12f56e01-d988-4c28-8ee5-3a8899ff787f&feed=XPOpH7r4","summary":"Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg speak with Alex Blania of Tools for Humanity about World and the growing need for proof of human verification online. They discuss the challenge of proving human uniqueness at scale, the privacy model behind World ID, and why platforms from social media to dating apps to video conferencing may soon need stronger ways to verify that users are real people.","meta_description":"Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg speak with Alex Blania of Tools for Humanity about World and the growing need for proof of human verification online. They…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2533,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/episodes/how-bots-deepfakes-and-ai-agents-are-forcing-a-new-internet-identity-layer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/how-bots-deepfakes-and-ai-agents-are-forcing-a-new-internet-identity-layer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}