Marina Guryeva is the Founder and CEO of Neon Labs and the developer behind Neon EVM, the gateway for Ethereum-based applications to access the scalability and liquidity of Solana without changing its codebase. Actively involved in the blockchain space since 2015, she was the Director of CyberFund, a platform that invested in blockchain startups. She joined Commun, a blockchain-based social network, as Director in 2019 to spearhead blockchain-based social networking run by self-governed communities. In 2021, Marina founded Neon Labs to bring Solana's scalability and low transaction costs to the Ethereum ecosystem.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Solana breakpoint in Lisbon
- Solana ($SOL)
- Scaling ETH on Solana blockchain
- Live on mainnet on December 12th
- FTX relationship with Solana
- User experience over costs
- Invalidating the Solana “Ethereum killer” thesis
- Ethereum’s high gas fees and low throughput
- Solidity vs. Rust
- Learning Rust
- A day in the life of Marina

Neon Labs
Website: neon-labs.org
Twitter: @neonlabsorg
Telegram: t.me/Neonlabsorg

Marina Guryeva
Twitter: @mariaveirug
LinkedIn: Marina Guryeva

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#183: Marina Guryeva on FTX’s Relationship with Solana and Neon Labs