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Why JUP Is Solana's Most Anticipated Airdrop | Mert Mumtaz, Garrett Harper
Jan 18, 2024
Mert Mumtaz and Garrett Harper discuss the eagerly anticipated JUP airdrop, vertical integration on Solana, the size of the validator set, critical thinking, and why more Solana teams haven't released tokens.
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- The Jupiter airdrop on Solana is expected to bring more attention to the ecosystem and serve as a potential index token for Solana.
- Blockchain projects should differentiate themselves by being radically different, like Solana did with its programming language (Rust) and emphasis on a substantial number of validators.
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Token Projects and Improvement of the System
Many token projects, including Margin, Communal, and Tensor, are speculated to release their own tokens. The example of Jupiter using open source code from GITO for their airdrop demonstrates the trend of building on existing successful projects and improving the overall system.
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