01 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of The City and the Stars.
“I'm reading The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke right now and that's literally the city in it.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Publisher
- Acquired
Acquired / episode intelligence
Special: Solana (with CEO Anatoly Yakovenko)
Speakers in the public record
Claim mix
belief 9evaluation 4commitment 3recommendation 1uncertainty 1preference 1
Evidence policy
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Claim ledger
The useful parts, with receipts.
19 published records
02 / commitment
Yeah. I will take it one step further. It went from even a turn-based game to a scheduled game, where you have a certain amount of time to take your turn.
“Yeah. I will take it one step further. It went from even a turn-based game to a scheduled game, where you have a certain amount of time to take your turn.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
- Publisher
- Acquired
03 / belief
I think a lot of that comes from the fact that the music industry itself is predatory.
“I think a lot of that comes from the fact that the music industry itself is predatory.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
- Publisher
- Acquired
04 / uncertainty
I don't know. My upper estimate for self custody is maybe 30 million, but that's a very generous estimate.
“I don't know. My upper estimate for self custody is maybe 30 million, but that's a very generous estimate.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
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- Acquired
05 / belief
Nasdaq (I think) earns $10 billion a year, where does that money come from? It comes from the people.
“Nasdaq (I think) earns $10 billion a year, where does that money come from? It comes from the people.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
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- Acquired
06 / belief
We found that community to be immensely supportive, and really helping us out financially, and really being our first customers.
“We found that community to be immensely supportive, and really helping us out financially, and really being our first customers.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
- Publisher
- Acquired
07 / belief
At the base hardware layer, if you're just looking at the hardware specs, I think you can do tens of millions of transactions per second, but this is going to be blood, sweat, and tears to get the software to get to use all of those.
“At the base hardware layer, if you're just looking at the hardware specs, I think you can do tens of millions of transactions per second, but this is going to be blood, sweat, and tears to get the software to get to use all of those.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
- Publisher
- Acquired
08 / belief
We had a decent runway, I think around two years, and we thought, oh, this is going to be done in a year.
“We had a decent runway, I think around two years, and we thought, oh, this is going to be done in a year.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
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- Acquired
09 / belief
I think if you talk to any of the folks that worked with us, at the end of the day it's about the people.
“I think if you talk to any of the folks that worked with us, at the end of the day it's about the people.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
- Publisher
- Acquired
10 / belief
Proof of stake is something that Vitalik started publishing about pretty early on, I think, almost right after Ethereum.
“Proof of stake is something that Vitalik started publishing about pretty early on, I think, almost right after Ethereum.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
- Publisher
- Acquired
11 / belief
What we set out to build Solana was, I think we just never thought of Solana as replacing digital gold, sovereign money, or anything like that.
“What we set out to build Solana was, I think we just never thought of Solana as replacing digital gold, sovereign money, or anything like that.”
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- Not verified from transcript
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- Acquired
12 / belief
My understanding of what Ethereum today, depending on gas costs, is somewhere around 11 to maybe 20 transactions per second. I think when we're seeing fees over $40 a transaction, Ethereum was doing 1.
“My understanding of what Ethereum today, depending on gas costs, is somewhere around 11 to maybe 20 transactions per second. I think when we're seeing fees over $40 a transaction, Ethereum was doing 1.”
- Speaker
- Not verified from transcript
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- Acquired
13 / evaluation
I trust you, but I don't know if I trust you that much.
“I trust you, but I don't know if I trust you that much.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Publisher
- Acquired
14 / commitment
I'm going to do the work of highlighting a, hey, I'm going to force you to define that here at some point because a lot of us are very new to this.
“I'm going to do the work of highlighting a, hey, I'm going to force you to define that here at some point because a lot of us are very new to this.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired
15 / evaluation
Because this thing is in the public consciousness, everyone assumes that, oh, there must be tons of transactions, but it is incredibly limited in the way that these networks work today until something like Solana.
“Because this thing is in the public consciousness, everyone assumes that, oh, there must be tons of transactions, but it is incredibly limited in the way that these networks work today until something like Solana.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired
16 / evaluation
It's the same order of magnitude as Bitcoin and way more complex transactions because there are smart contracts that are executing.
“It's the same order of magnitude as Bitcoin and way more complex transactions because there are smart contracts that are executing.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired
17 / evaluation
Why is it that all the existing energy and heat—I'm using those metaphorically in this sense—and attention with the existing systems—Bitcoin, Ethereum, a lot of the alt coins that were being developed in the mid 2010s—what are the real problems?
“Why is it that all the existing energy and heat—I'm using those metaphorically in this sense—and attention with the existing systems—Bitcoin, Ethereum, a lot of the alt coins that were being developed in the mid 2010s—what are the real problems?”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired
18 / preference
People can buy it all over the place. I think FTX is where I've bought it in the past.
“People can buy it all over the place. I think FTX is where I've bought it in the past.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired
19 / commitment
I think we even will talk about in the interview with Anatoly, that we do hold Solana.
“I think we even will talk about in the interview with Anatoly, that we do hold Solana.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired