Today's episode is from our other favorite podcast, 0xResearch. Garrett joins the team to explain this month's Solana rally! We dive into Solana's developer traction and documentation quality, the sustainability of low fees, comparisons to Ethereum L2s, and upcoming major ecosystem upgrades and catalysts like Firedancer. To close out the team touches on governance updates on inflation and incentive programs from Synthetix, Arbitrum, and dYdX. Enjoy!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Introduction

(1:36) The Solana Accusatory Audit

(6:25) What is there to do on Solana?

(14:38) Does SOL not being money hurt DeFi?

(22:01) Hexens Ad

(22:48) Lack of Protocol Documentation

(26:13) Are there New Users?

(30:25) L2 Framework is Overrated

(46:24) DAS London Ad

(47:20) ACP 13 Reducing Barrier of Subnet Validator Sets

(55:38) Arbitrum Governance Updates

(1:01:57) 1inch Selling ARB Airdrop

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Disclaimers:

Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

Nothing said on Lightspeed 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. Mert, Garrett and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.