Is SOL Money? with Austin Federa, Head of Strategy at the Solana Foundation
Bankless hasn’t had the most coverage of Solana, the network, and SOL, the asset, but in this episode that changes. Our guest, Austin Federa is Head of Strategy at the Solana Foundation and is the host of the Validated podcast.
David was recently a guest on Austin’s podcast where they went back and forth on some of the cultural and philosophical differences between the Solana and Ethereum projects. Today is a continuation of that episode.
Despite some differences in community perspectives, Austin brings a fresh perspective on the design philosophy that relates Solana the network to SOL the asset and so much more.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
6:50 Programmable SOL Values
8:10 SOL’s Story Arc
12:25 SOL’s Architecture & Utility
17:30 SOL’s Economic Sustainability Model
19:20 SOL’s Triple Point Asset Thesis
25:15 Solana’s LSDs
28:48 Solana’s MEV Philosophy
33:56 End Game of Solana MEV
40:00 Ethereum vs. Solana
50:00 Market Cap, Values, & Layers Debate
1:00:15 Closing & Disclaimers
RESOURCES
Austin Federa
https://twitter.com/Austin_Federa
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