The ad was bad, and it’s still gnawing at my soul. I am ashamed I downplayed it instead of just calling it what it is - mean and punching down on a marginalized group. I am grateful for the ecosystem devs and artists that immediately called it what it is both publicly and
Almost exactly 6 years ago I started the process to raise for what eventually became @solana. I talked to every connection I had, went to every startup and crypto meetup and tried to get in front of everyone that I possibly could.
Even if they didn’t want to lead I would ask
1/ I said this on stage at Breakpoint just a few days ago – the builders on Solana are second to none, and the projects they're building can often only be built on Solana.
US is 2T in the hole. The gov needs to cut 1T in spending and raise 1T in taxes. Tariffs are a consumption tax that favors domestic producers. It’s probably the least dumb way to close the deficit.
I want @solana to be so cheap that it saves @visa money to use it over its own in-house infra, and I want @solana to be so fast that it improves the user experience as well.
