Lightspeed Firedancer: Unlocking Solana's Scaling Roadmap | Weekly Roundup
Gm! this week, we begin by discussing Snowden's recent comments that Solana is centralized. We then deep dive into Mert's biggest takeaways from recent conferences, the impact of Firedancer, reasons to be bullish DePin & more. Enjoy!
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(00:00) Introduction
(03:28) Is Solana Centralized?
(18:02) Defining Success In Crypto
(23:49) Sei Ad
(24:15) Firedancer
(32:50) Solana TPS & Block Demand
(39:37) The Firedancer Impact
(44:49) Crypto's KOLs
(53:09) Crypto Conferences
(56:19) Bullish DePin
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