blockchain economy

Bankless hasn’t had the most coverage of Solana, the network, and SOL, the asset, but in this episode that changes. Our guest, Austin Federa is Head of Strategy at the Solana Foundation and is the host of the Validated podcast. 

David was recently a guest on Austin’s podcast where they went back and forth on some of the cultural and philosophical differences between the Solana and Ethereum projects. Today is a continuation of that episode. 

Despite some differences in community perspectives, Austin brings a fresh perspective on the design philosophy that relates Solana the network to SOL the asset and so much more.  

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
6:50 Programmable SOL Values
8:10 SOL’s Story Arc
12:25 SOL’s Architecture & Utility 
17:30 SOL’s Economic Sustainability Model  
19:20 SOL’s Triple Point Asset Thesis
25:15 Solana’s LSDs 
28:48 Solana’s MEV Philosophy 
33:56 End Game of Solana MEV
40:00 Ethereum vs. Solana
50:00 Market Cap, Values, & Layers Debate
1:00:15 Closing & Disclaimers  

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RESOURCES

Austin Federa
https://twitter.com/Austin_Federa 

157 - Will Solana Make It with Anatoly Yakovenko
https://youtu.be/zlx64JjXlgQ  

Solana is Launching a Phone? | Co-Founders Anatoly & Raj
https://youtube.com/live/9wfNeVTtBz0  

The Philosophy of Ethereum According to Bankless' David Hoffman
https://solana.com/validated/episodes/the-philosophy-of-ethereum-according-to-bankless-david-hoffman  

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What is Crypto Gaming? Why is it important? What about Gaming NFTs? This is what we explore in this episode with Amy Wu, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. This is Crypto Gaming 101.

The Web3 Gaming space is emerging from all sorts of angles, from normies to hardcore gamers to crypto natives—and each has a role to play as the ecosystem matures.

Here are the 5 questions to answer in this episode:

1. What is Crypto Gaming and why is it important? What about casual & mobile gaming?
2. How do you identify the next Axie Infinity?
3. Why are Guilds important? Are they a good investment?
4. How do you earn in Crypto Gaming?
5. Where does meaning, value, and identity come into play? What about fun?

With the Crypto Gaming Revolution well under way, Amy walks us through the fundamentals of the space and how to approach the future.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
3:15 The Conference Experience
6:44 TradArt and NFTs
10:11 Metaverso
13:14 Crypto IRL
16:20 The Panel
19:40 FreeRoss DAO
21:38 The Panelists
24:28 The Potential of NFTs
29:00 More than Fractionalizing
33:45 Liquidity
39:33 Pricing Assets
46:50 Community
54:34 Regulatory Issues
1:00:22 Use Cases

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Resources:

Amy on Twitter
https://twitter.com/amytongwu?s=20 
Lightspeed Venture Partners
https://twitter.com/lightspeedvp?s=20 
The Crypto Gaming Revolution
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/the-crypto-gaming-revolution 
The Rise of Axie
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/the-rise-of-axie-infinity-jeff-jiho 

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