Anatoly Yakovenko: What's Next for Solana? | Permissionless II

Anatoly joins Mert to discuss his 5-year vision for Solana. In this discussion, we cover Solana's changing narrative, Firedancer's performance, Solana's shrinking hardware requirements, why Anatoly wants people to fork the SVM, the key to crypto adoption and why multiple slot leaders will be a huge upgrade for Solana! This was a discussion from last week's Permissionless II conference. - Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 03:19 Solana’s Momentum and Big Announcements 07:49 Value Capture and Local Fee Markets 15:18 QUIC and Stake-Weighted QoS 17:23 Firedancer’s Performance & Solana’s Hardware Requirements 25:06 Jito Promo 31:04 Solana’s Most Exciting Applications 32:07 What Can Solana Learn from Ethereum? 34:38 Why Solana Wants Multiple Leaders per Slot - This episode is brought to you by Jito. Jito is the easiest way to earn MEV rewards on Solana with liquid staking. Stake your SOL with Jito to start earning high yield powered by MEV and access instant liquidity through Jito’s liquid staking token JitoSOL so that you can use your staked assets across Solana DeFi. Use this link to get started today: https://www.jito.network/staking/?utm... - Follow Anatoly:   / aeyakovenko   Follow Mert:   / 0xmert_   Follow Garrett:   / garrettharper_   Follow Lightspeed:   / lightspeedpodhq   Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/43o3Syk Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3OhiXgV Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3OkF7PD Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - Resources Jito https://www.jito.network/staking/?utm... Permissionless https://blockworks.co/event/permissio... - Disclaimers: Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation. Nothing said on Lightspeed is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Mert, Garrett and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.