Crypto Tech Still Holds AI Frontier Value
devanshmehta · x · 2026-07-10
The author argues that the crypto industry hasn't lost its edge, retaining significant research and practical value in formal verification, zero-knowledge proofs, and incentive design.
They point out that formal verification can provide safer, harder-to-hack software for the AI era; zero-knowledge tech facilitates cross-organizational collaboration and model improvement without exposing raw data; and incentive design remains a crucial frontier for internet coordination, micro-payments, and community governance.
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