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Lightspeed put collectively an nameless survey and circulated it to Solana founders to get an sincere peek into what they consider different ecosystems, VCs, startups and extra.
The questions included a variety of selections and a write-in slot that has been edited for grammar and readability.
The outcomes from our 42-founder ballot:
Founders additionally stated:
“None. If not solana, I wouldn’t be in crypto.”
Founders additionally stated:
“Unfair to decide on a single one”
Founders additionally stated:
“Asia-based VCs who solely ape in primarily based off who the lead is”
Founders additionally stated:
“I don’t know, both method, doesn’t actually matter”
“Not a fan of this query, feels prefer it’s attempting to impress reasonably than inform”
“Exists, I’m part of it, however not “on the expense of non-cabal initiatives” as a result of I make investments a whole lot of money and time into “non-cabal initiatives” as properly. It’s a two-way avenue — you give and also you obtain.”
“Doesn’t exist and I’m part of it”
“There’s a community of private relationships which have shaped naturally through the early days and bear market. People who valued working collectively and serving to solana over time naturally have a tighter community now. A few of these folks (people embody of us from the OG solana labs workforce) have gone on to search out a big voice and following. That is pure. Virtually all the surviving groups have additionally been funded by VCs and solana ventures cash. These are information, however there’s no unwell intent in my view. Solana Basis is doing an amazing job at actively dispersing the ensuing results and supporting folks all through the broader ecosystem (see Superteam, and many others). For my part, Toly particularly is doing an amazing job at shouting out builders with out discrimination however reasonably primarily based on 1) what they’re constructing being cool 2) earnestness”
Founders additionally stated:
“Want rather more blockspace ASAP. 5x demand + 2x value appreciation = want 10x larger blocks to take care of the identical value for app builders!”
Founders additionally stated:
“The one that doesn’t speed up”
Founders additionally stated:
“SocialFi, DeSci, and gaming are all equally horrible”
Founders additionally stated:
“FTX was each the very best within the early days and the worst lol.”
There’s lots to dig into right here, however there are a pair findings I discovered instantly attention-grabbing: Different founders don’t assume extremely of pump.enjoyable, but they assume memecoins are principally good for the ecosystem. And, Base and Sui seem like by far essentially the most alluring Solana rivals.
As a journalist, it may be troublesome to get founders to be candid with me on the file. This was a useful train in studying what Solana founders actually imagine — not less than within the mixture.
