Solana: Faster, Cheaper, More Scalable

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[00:02:49] - [First question] - How he views the opportunity set of blockchain technology  

[00:06:37] - The evolution of transactions-per-second from Bitcoin to new cryptocurrencies

[00:13:43] - Why does decentralized finance matter versus centralized finance

[00:18:34] - What is Solana and the scope and scale of it today

[00:20:31] - Reintroducing costs with DeFi software compared to prior zero marginal costs

[00:24:13] - How to go from 30 transactions a second to 30,000 and make the system work

[00:31:03] - What about Solana’s design code that allows it to  take advantage of parallelism

[00:33:05] - Differences between proof of history and proof of work

[00:39:05] - The tokenomics of Solana, their distribution setup, and what owning SOL offers

[00:46:24] - What Solana’s blockchain will enable for application development

[00:55:15] - The emerging adoption and creation of social tokens  

[00:57:40] - Thoughts on regulation and security in regards to Solana

[00:59:41] - Competition that Solana may face and layer one blockchains in general

[01:04:54] - What has him most excited about Solana and the landscape writ large

[01:08:11] - Lessons for builders and investors when studying the Solana story

[01:11:23] - Leaning into your differences and the team behind the project