Anatoly joins us to discuss why Solana is uniquely designed to utilize ever-increasing bandwidth and compute. We cover Solana's core thesis, how blockchains benefit from hardware improvements, the fundamental flaws of L2s, Anatoly's favorite applications, decentralization and more! Anatoly is a legend, you don't want to miss this one!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Solana’s Core Thesis

(10:40) The Scaling Bottleneck

(13:58) Do All Blockchains Equally Benefit From Hardware Improvements?

(17:57) Pros and Cons of Parallel Execution

(21:12) The Realities of Decentralization

(24:43) Solana’s Design Moat

(28:10) Permissionless ad

(29:37) The Fundamental Tradeoffs of L2s

(44:12) How Should Solana Approach Business Development?

(48:12) The Role of Solana Labs and the Solana Foundation

(49:47) The Compressed NFT Opportunity

(53:31) We Need to Fix DAO Governance

(55:14) Anatoly’s Metric of Success for Solana

(57:58) Why Anatoly Hasn’t Left Crypto

(01:00:03) Why an Average Joe Would Use Solana

(01:01:39) Rapid Fire

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Resources

Endgame: Proof of Governance by Jon Charbonneau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPd1vgHjVE&t=0s

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Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.