The Rollup Can Solana Replace NASDAQ? With Max Resnick and Logan Jastremski
Mar 31, 2025
Max Resnick, a leading developer at Anza focusing on Solana, and Logan Jastremski, founder of Frictionless Capital and a blockchain enthusiast, dive deep into the future of trading. They argue that Solana aims to outpace NASDAQ in efficiency, emphasizing the importance of real-time global data synchronization. The duo discusses Solana's advantages over Ethereum, the complexities of decentralization in blockchain, and how high-throughput technology could revolutionize trading markets. Sales strategies and market dynamics also come under scrutiny.
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Logan's Crypto Journey
- Logan Jastremski transitioned from Tesla to crypto inspired by DeFi and composability challenges in Ethereum. - He championed high-throughput blockchains, starting with Solana, to enable scalable applications.
Max Sees Solana's Scaling Edge
- Max Resnick left Ethereum due to its scaling limits and joined Solana developers. - He saw Solana as the only blockchain capable of massive scale beyond Ethereum's reach.
Blockchain is Network of Computers
- A single blockchain is a network of many computers, not one computer doing all work. - Hardware and protocol improvements will keep boosting blockchain throughput potentially beyond millions TPS.