Podcast:Bankless Published On: Tue Dec 26 2023 Description: In today’s episode, we have the creator of Solana and the Co-founder of Solana Labs, Anatoly Yakovenko. We brought on Anatoly to reflect on Solana in 2023 and its future in the New Year and beyond. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.com/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.com/Arbitrum 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.com/Celo 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku 🌐 Layer Zero V2 Launch https://bankless.cc/LayerZeroLabs ------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:49 FTX’s Effect on Solana 8:03 Solana Lindy? 9:55 Local Fee Markets 17:51 Solana’s Governance 24:58 Important Solana Questions 28:44 Firedancer vs. Jump 37:36 Latency Games 40:20 Are More Users Scary? 43:50 Hyper-Optimism 48:52 What Scares Anatoly 54:59 $BONK & Solana Phone 1:07:58 Breakout Consumer Apps 1:12:37 Solana Economics 1:18:30 ETH vs. SOL 1:34:50 Solana Alignment 1:36:49 Solana Misrepresentation 1:37:53 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Anatoly https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://bankless.com/disclosures