The debates at Breakpoint 2024 covered a range of topics shaping the future of the Solana ecosystem and crypto in general. From dissolving the Solana Foundation to whether NFTs and DePIN have staying power, each argument highlighted the complexities of the space. Themes of centralization versus decentralization, institutional involvement, and speculative use cases were revisited throughout, demonstrating the varied perspectives from key players in the ecosystem. As the industry matures, it faces pivotal decisions on governance, infrastructure, and the balance between open access and regulatory challenges, with these debates providing a snapshot of the current state of discourse.
Here are the 14 debates from Breakpoint 2024 that centered the industry:
- The Solana Foundation should be dissolved
- Crypto’s only use-case is speculation
- Most DePIN is overhyped and capital inefficient
- NFTs have no future
- 100 validators are sufficient to run a decentralized L1
- Every large app should inevitably launch its own L1 or L2
- Western crypto has technology with no users & Eastern crypto has users with no technology
- SVMs on Ethereum are competitive to Solana mainnet
- Non-custodial wallets are overrated
- Wall Street doesn’t need blockchain
- Scams should be actively reported to the SEC
- The future of Web3 games will rely on SVM L2s
- Bring back ICOs
- The tradeoff of institutionalization is network centralization
(Generated by Kaito AI)
