The Stack with Ilan Gitter

Leonardo Donatacci from blueshift shares his journey building in the Solana ecosystem and explores how new tools could improve payments, subscriptions, permissions, and user experience.

Website: https://blueshift.gg

Quantum panic? Not so fast. Solana’s post-quantum path is already taking shape, and in this conversation with Anza’s Quentin and Alex, you get a clear-eyed look at what the real threat is, what’s overhyped, and how Solana could migrate without collapsing into chaos.

Follow on X: @qkniep

Website: www.anza.xyz

Recommended Reading: Quantumglow: Will Solana’s Performance Survive Quantum Computing?

In this episode, Ashwin from Anza discusses the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade to Solana's consensus protocol, focusing on how it improves speed, finality, and network reliability.

Follow on X: @Ashwinningg

Alpenglow Migration X Article: https://x.com/anza_xyz/status/2102448684780622131?s=20

Recent Alpenglow white paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RPJ9OyohFMuFfLmTB5ydPYlrKTIlUxq9/view?usp=sharing
Ashwin's Consensus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StDx4VhZIVk&themeRefresh=1

Peter Tapling, Managing Director of PTAP Advisory and former CRO of Zelle at Early Warning, brings decades of payments and identity experience to one of the most important conversations in crypto today. From Bitcoin's early days to the rise of tokenized deposits, he explains why the next wave of adoption will be won by whoever makes digital money feel as simple as tapping a card.

Website: https://ptapadvisory.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ptap

Kyle Kloepper, principal engineer at Helius and former Cloudflare engineer, shares how years of internet-scale networking work shaped the way he thinks about Solana. This conversation explains why low latency, edge architecture and reliability matter so much for the “Internet of Finance.” It also covers how Kyle got into engineering, what drew him to Solana, and what builders should focus on if they want to contribute.

Website: www.helius.dev

Follow on X: @Helius

In this episode of The Stack, Ilan Gitter speaks with Daniel Alon, Senior Product Manager at Fireblocks, about the real challenges institutions face when trying to participate in Solana DeFi. Daniel explains how Fireblocks builds the infrastructure banks, exchanges, and asset managers need to safely connect to dApps, manage approvals, and maintain compliance.

Article: Extending the Solana signing window for institutional transactions

Follow on X: @FireblocksHQ

Solana is about to get dramatically faster, and the knock-on effects could reshape everything from trading to wallets to on-chain apps. Brennan Watt CEO of Anza breaks down the 200 millisecond slot shift, the 10x rent reduction, and the hidden protocol changes that make the upgrade possible.

Website: anza.xyz

Follow on X: @bw_solana

In this episode, Vitor Py, Director of Engineering at Sol Strategies, shares his extensive journey, diving into cryptography challenges and the future of Solana. His insights reveal how fundamental cryptography tricks, ecosystem support, and pragmatic design choices are shaping the next wave of blockchain development.

Website https://solstrategies.io/

Follow on X: 

@vitorpy

@solstrategies

In this episode of The Stack, Ilan Gitter talks with Dean from Blueshift about building in the Solana ecosystem, why Solana’s architecture is uniquely suited for parallelism, and how better tooling and education can unlock the next wave of privacy and cryptography applications.

Website:

blueshift.gg

Follow on X:

https://x.com/blueshift

https://x.com/deanmlittle

Explore the evolving landscape of blockchain-based private markets, tokenization, and security tokens through an in-depth conversation with Brian Aznar, CTO of Republic. Discover how blockchain is transforming access to private assets, the role of multi-chain support like Solana, and practical steps for developers interested in entering this exciting space.

http://republic.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/baznar/

https://x.com/joinrepublic