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Dmitriy Berenzon

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Dmitriy Berenzon

@dberenzon

Partner @archetypevc. Prev @1kxnetwork, @Bo11inger, @CoinFund. Alum @CalBlockchain, @BerkeleyHaas.

San Francisco

medium.com/@dberenzon

Joined December 2012

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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Feb 12, 2025
1) Fun fact: there are ~280 payment companies today building on cryptorails (!) I've written a piece explaining the current financial system, major use cases for cryptorails, adoption challenges they're facing, and what the future might look like. paragraph.xyz/@archetype/cry…
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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Sep 3, 2025
Replying to @dberenzon
gm @zachxbt
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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Sep 8, 2021
1/ Fun fact: there are around 100 public blockchains and *over 40* bridge projects today (!) I've written a piece explaining why bridges are important, how they are designed, who is building them, and what the future landscape might look like.
Blockchain Bridges
From medium.com
Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Jul 1, 2024
has anyone managed to take their sword into another game yet?
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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Feb 20, 2025
Lost faith in crypto because of memecoins? This might make you feel better: I spoke with an aid worker from the Danish Refugee Council who uses a crypto payments company to send funds to Sudan, which is experiencing the worst famine since the 1980s and a collapsed central bank
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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Mar 31, 2025
Tell me again why you need $20M for your new L1
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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Jan 26, 2023
Get yourself an investment team that's learning zero-knowledge proofs from the ground up
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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Oct 4, 2022
1/ Application-specific blockchains ("AppChains") are back with a vengeance. I've written a piece on AppChains and their: - History - Pros & cons - Future market structure - Design space - Current solutions medium.com/1kxnetwork/app… + a thread to accompany it 👇
Application-Specific Blockchains: The Past, Present, and Future
From medium.com
Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Aug 27, 2021
Users are going to lose *so much* money in cross-chain bridges over the next year.
Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Sep 3, 2025
I can't believe a full token unlock at TGE played out this way shockedpikachu.jpg
Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Aug 2, 2024
Replying to @zachxbt and @namada
@KyleSamani a live experiment for us to follow
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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Jun 14, 2018
"We're building an 8th generation blockchain that uses zero-knowledge sharded state channel child DAGs to achieve unprecedented scalability, security, and privacy." - Every new project
Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Nov 30, 2023
1/ Some personal news: excited to share that I've joined @archetypevc as a Partner to drive research, investment, portfolio support, and fund strategy across infra, defi, and consumer verticals.
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Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Jun 19, 2021
If you think SF crypto is dead, it's probably because you haven't met the engineers coming out of Stripe, Google, Uber, Coinbase, etc. learning Solidity in a matter of weeks and starting crypto projects Your absence is my alpha 😁
Dmitriy Berenzon
@dberenzon
Oct 1, 2020
1/ The last four months have seen *dozens* of protocols launch liquidity mining programs. I've written a piece explaining what liquidity mining is, what has worked well, and what could be improved:
Liquidity Mining: A User-Centric Token Distribution Strategy
From medium.com