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This Week in Startups

Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko on scaling the blockchain to warp speed | E1302

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Anatoly from Solana joins Jason to discuss how they've managed to build the fastest blockchain (0:54). Solana's "proof of history" innovation allows for over 50,000 transactions a second, we get into Solana's value prop (25:51), use cases (40:14), developer ecosystem and more!

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All right, everybody.

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You asked from, here he is, Anatoly Yakovenko.

0:59.8

Anatoly, did I get your name correct?

1:01.8

Did I butcher it too bad?

1:03.8

Perfect.

1:04.8

Great.

1:05.8

So Anatoly is the CEO of a little crypto project known as Solana, S-O-L-A-N-A, and it's

1:15.9

caught fire.

1:17.3

People cannot stop talking about it at my poker game.

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