Israel’s reputation as a startup nation was built on cybersecurity, semiconductors and enterprise software. Over the past decade, it has quietly expanded into blockchain infrastructure, not speculative trading platforms or short-lived tokens, but the foundational technologies that make decentralized systems scalable, usable and secure. The Kaspa blockchain, KaspaCom, Addressable, Polygon and others illustrate why this shift matters, and why Israel’s ability to attract and retain entrepreneurial talent in this space is becoming a strategic asset.

Kaspa itself is an Israeli invention. It was created to address one of blockchain’s oldest challenges: how to maintain decentralization and security while achieving high throughput. Instead…