Bankless Nation, I'm coming to you from Salona Breakpoint in Amsterdam.

This is the third breakpoint that has ever happened in the year 2023, and this one is a little

bit different.

The first breakpoint happened in 2021 in the second half of the year, absolute peak

froth of the bull market in Lisbon, followed by the second Salona Breakpoint in 2022, also

in Lisbon, which happened right before the collapse of FTX.

And here we are, a new venue, new city, Amsterdam, for Salona Breakpoint number three.

And this one has a little bit different of a vibe.

This one is deep into the bear market, perhaps coming out of the bear market.

And this Salona community has been cultivated as such, as you would imagine, the people

that went to the 2021 Salona Breakpoint when sole price was over $200, a lot of them

didn't make it.

The third Salona Breakpoint, instead what you have left is the low level devs that comprise

the majority of what I would say is the Salona community.

Over the last year or so, I've dabbled with Salona being Salona curious.

I guess you would call it mostly fighting, but I've definitely learned that if I want

to learn about Salona, it's not going to happen through the filter that is crypto-twitter

or probably not inside of any of my Ethereum native circles either.

But since I'm on my way to East Lisbon, I'm taking a flight here shortly.

I decided to pop over a little bit early to answer them to check out Salona Breakpoint

for myself.

In this episode, I talk with Anna Toly, the founder of Salona and Austin, of course, from

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