Anatoly Yakavenko is the co-founder of the Solana protocol (SOL) which claims to solve the biggest problems facing blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano and others. Rather than proof of work or proof of stake, Solana is pursuing what is called proof of history.

Anatoly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko

https://solana.com

Solana on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9AdQPUe4BdVJ8M9X7wxHUA

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:58 - Pros and Cons of Proof of Work

6:50 - Solving for peer-to-peer information flow vs store of value

12:00 - Transactions per second on Solana

14:28 - Cost per transaction on Solana

15:40 - Smart contracts on Solana vs EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine)

19:12 - Is there a need for Ethereum 2.0?

22:40 - Maximizing censorship resistance as unique priority for Solana

30:38 - Bitcoin lightning network?

31:45 - Future of payments?

40:25 - Thoughts on Dogecoin

42:10 - How important are memes/community vs technology?

46:10 - Problem Solana is solving

54:22 - Transaction fees and scalability

56:10 - Weaknesses of Solana

1:03:35 - Proof of history (vs proof of work and proof of stake)

1:17:44 - Can Solana be hacked?

1:21:18 - Bitcoin energy consumption

1:27:30 - Proof of stake challenges

1:30:00 - Other interesting blockchains - Cosmos, Bitcoin, Ethereum

1:33:27 - Are we in a short-term crypto bubble?

Disclaimer: At time of this video recording, my crypto holdings are ADA, ETH, BTC.

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