Solfate Podcast - Interviews with blockchain founders/builders on Solana

A conversation with Thorsten , the creator of Luzid, a Solana test validator at light speed. PS: Checkout the Snapshot newsletter: a byte-sized email newsletter filled with the biggest updates from Solana ecosystem teams and builders. ~5 minute read. Every 2 weeks. 👉 https://solfate.com/snapshot Summary Thorsten, the creator of the Luzid validator, joins James in our first in person episode. Thor...

A conversation with Andriy, the founder of AllBridge, a cross-chain bridging protocol that uses stable coins. PS: Checkout the Snapshot newsletter: a byte-sized email newsletter filled with the biggest updates from Solana ecosystem teams and builders. ~5 minute read. Every 2 weeks. 👉 https://solfate.com/snapshot Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/49 Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for up...

A conversation with Matty, the co-founder of Colosseum and former Head of Growth at the Solana Foundation. Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/48 PS: Checkout the Snapshot newsletter: a byte-sized email newsletter filled with the biggest updates from Solana ecosystem teams and builders. ~5 minute read. Every 2 weeks. 👉 https://solfate.com/snapshot Notes from the show In this conversation, Nick a...

A conversation with Toly, the co-founder of Solana Labs and the Solana blockchain. Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/47 PS: Checkout the Snapshot newsletter: a byte-sized email newsletter filled with the biggest updates from Solana ecosystem teams and builders. ~5 minute read. Every 2 weeks. 👉 https://solfate.com/snapshot Notes from the show In this conversation, Toly discusses various topics...

A conversation with Nico, the co-founder of Elusiv. ❤️‍🔥 Click here to mint this episode as an NFT on Solana - solfate.link/mint46 💪 Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/46 Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Elusiv is a privacy protocol built on Solana that allows users to conduct private transactions while remaining compliant. T...

A conversation with Rishi, the CEO and Founder of Mycelium Network ❤️‍🔥 Click here to mint this episode as an NFT on Solana - solfate.link/mint45 💪 Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/45 Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The conversation covers the background and journey of Rishi in the crypto and DePin space, specifically focu...

A conversation with Brandon M, the CEO and co-founder of Phantom, and David Wu, Head of Growth at Phantom. ❤️‍🔥 Click here to mint this episode as an NFT on Solana - solfate.link/mint44 💪 Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/44 Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show In this conversation, the CEO and co-founder of Phantom Wallet, Bran...

A conversation with GJ Flannery, the Head of Community at Flipside Crypto. ❤️‍🔥 Click here to mint this episode as an NFT on Solana - solfate.link/mint43 💪 Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/43 Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show In this conversation, GJ Flannery, the Head of Community at Flipside Crypto, discusses the onboardin...

A conversation with Siong, the co-founder of Jupiter swap. ❤️‍🔥 Click here to mint this episode as an NFT on Solana - solfate.link/mint42 💪 Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/42 Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The conversation covers the background and journey of the Jupiter swap aggregator, a popular protocol in the Solana...

A conversation with Armani Ferrante, the co-founder of Backpack Exchange and MadLads. Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/41 Watch this episode on YouTube: youtu.be/aSSnPs0vcck Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Armani discusses the genesis of Backpack Exchange and the challenges of building an exchange. He highlights the importan...

A conversation with Matt Luongo, the founder of Thesis.co and Threshold Network (aka tBTC). Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/40 Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=A05AtK7WX1I Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show In this conversation, Matt Luongo discusses Threshold Network and tBTC, a cross-chain bridge for Bitcoi...

A conversation with Vidor, the founder and CEO of Solflare Wallet Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/39 Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=rNORX_o8-lE Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show In this conversation, Vidor, the founder of Solflare, discusses building the wallet and how his past experience across multiple b...

A conversation with Dimitris (aka Takisoul), contributing member of Dean's List DAO and AthensDAOx. Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/38 Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=uuN2k-Njm4I Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Dean’s List is a services DAO, meaning their members offer various services to the broader Sola...

A conversation with Brian Long, co-founder of Triton One. Full show notes: solfate.com/podcast/37 Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=oVhif85sv_I Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Brian has been in the Solana ecosystem since very early days. Pre-mainnet days. He and his company, Triton One, helped Solana Labs bring...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The time has come, the annual BreakPoint Conference is finally here! Sadly, neither James nor Nick will be attending BreakPoint this year. But we will be watching the talks from home still and these are the talks we will be keeping a close eye on. Follow us around Nick follow on twitter: @nickfros...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show A conversation with Nicholas Chen, co-founder of SolanaFM. Alpha alert: Nicholas Chen shares a screencast of the new version of SolanaFM. One of the first around! Find the video on our YouTube channel here. SolanaFM is one of the most popular block explorers in the Solana ecosystem. They are well...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show A conversation with Tommy Johnson, founder of PsyFi and PsyOptions. Tommy has been in the Solana ecosystem longer than most, having participated in one of the first global hackathons. From building one of the first options markets on Solana, to now launching their latest product: ArmadaFi. The goa...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The Squads protocol is known throughout the Solana ecosystem. Co-founder and CEO of Squads, Stepan, joins to explain why multi signature wallets (aka “multi-sigs”) are so very important in the blockchain world. Stepan shares his background of working in traditional company governance and structure...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The Web3 Builders Alliance (WBA for short) is a white glove developer school, focused on blockchain. The people focking ship. How? Because they are all about the people. Co-founder of the Web3 Builders Alliance, Jeff ( @japarjam ), shares his background of not only coming from outside the tech ind...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The creator and lead developer of Solang, Sean Young , a compiler that allow developers to write Solana programs (aka smart contracts) in the Solidity programming language. This has been a multi year effort to allow existing Solidity developers, like all those existing in the Ethereum ecosystem, t...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show As our first repeat guest, Mert joins to kick off the Only Possible On Solana hackathon that he is spearheading from within the Solana community. This community driven hackathon is being orchestrated by LamportDAO , an open discord community of builders in the Solana ecosystem. The idea is simple:...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show While blockchain is still a new industry, the sub section of “blockchain gaming” is even newer and largely considered a very strong use case of blockchain technology. Michael Wagner , co-founder and CEO of Star Atlas joins to explain how Star Atlas is using the Solana blockchain within the game’s...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The hackathon winners and founders of Underdog, Kevin and Tony , join to talk about the NFT infrastructure landscape. Including compressed nfts and various interesting NFT use cases that do not include the typical pfp experience. We all discuss how Solana seemingly does a better job than other blo...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show We are joined by David (aka thehasheddude ), the founder of MadShield (formerly SolShield) and infamous twitter personality on crypto-twitter. His primary focus is on security audits and bounties in the Solana ecosystem, and has audited the top tier projects from around the Solana ecosystem. David...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The founders of marginfi, Edgar and Mac , share how they got into crypto and why they decided to dive in full time into the DeFi ecosystem. They both explain how they adjust their building plans based on the macro conditions and their actual product usage. Tailoring their product roadmap to the ty...