Solfate Podcast - Interviews with blockchain founders/builders on Solana

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show In this special episode, we compare and contrast some of the differences between Solana and Ethereum. We are joined by two developers, Cami and Connor . Each have been around the blockchain sphere for years and both have more experience from outside the Solana ecosystem. We talk about the one of t...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Nick and James talks about the recent Solana Bootcamp/workshop that the Solana Foundation’s DevRel team hosted in the NYC office. Plus the Solana NYC hackerhouse has just come to a close and it was amazing! Huge thanks to all the show listeners that met Nick at the NYC hackerhouse and said they we...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James and Nick talk about the ideas of secure crypto/blockchain key storage mechanisms that allow various services (like MagicLink and TipLink) to enable user’s to own a private key via their email address. Enabling them to not need to remember a mnemonic! Also, like usual, Nick is building a new...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Design is hard. We are joined by a Creative Director and Designer with nearly 2 decades of experience named Phil . We talk about the considerations of a product with good design, common pitfalls many developers fall into. Including the difference between web3 design and traditional design. Find Ph...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The Head of Developer Ecosystem at Solana Foundation, Chase Barker , joins to share thoughts on blockchain developers in the community. And his thoughts about what can be done to get more quality Solana developers. Chase shares his background on how he actually got his job within the Solana ecosys...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show The true Solana legend, Armani Ferrante joins. We get a glimpse into the personality of Armani Ferrante, the creator of the Anchor Framework and founder of Coral, the organization behind xNFTs, MadLads, and the Backpack wallet. Armani shares his thoughts on leadership and his mindset about leading...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Joe C from Solana Foundation DevRel joins to talk about the Nautilus framework , a new Solana developer framework (written in Rust) he has built in his free time. He describes the idea around this new developer framework that enables Solana developers to spend less time getting up to speed with de...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show In this episode, we are joined by Chris Osborn , founder of Dialect , the very well known wallet-to-wallet chat app on Solana. We talk about the Dialect team pioneering two interesting pieces of technology, each trying to accomplish a different goal: smart messages, and NFT chat stickers Smart mes...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Solana content creator and educator, Andy (aka SolAndy), makes a guest appearance. Andy shares his background and how he first started creating content for the Solana ecosystem. (It was with bounties!) After not participating in the MadLad, Nick gave in an purchased a MadLad. Andy describe the exp...

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Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Twitter gave James’s profile viewers confetti for his birthday, even though it's not public information... The Saga phone officially launched!!! The Saga cards were revealed to be discounts based on the best poker card had you had. Plus, Nick and James catch up some. Links from the show Saga phone...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show For this special episode, we are joined by Noah Prince (aka @redacted_noah on Twitter). One of the Solana devs behind the massive effort of migrating the Helium Network to Solana. Noah shares some of his background and how his brother, founder of Metaplex, convinced him to start developing on Sola...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James is out for the week, but Nick is joined by Shek, the founder of Worcel and the Gum protocol . Shek shares his reasoning for founding Wordcel, the Solana native blogging platform. And how that later evolved into the Gum protocol. We dive into some of the more technical aspects oh how Wordcel...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show We are joined by the Mert, the vocal Solana supporter and founder of Helius.xyz As a former Coinbase employee, we got Mert’s take on the recent SEC action/notice. We talk about Mert’s spicy twitter life and the role he plays in the Solana (and broader crypto ecosystem). Mert shares some of his tho...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show After the USDC depeg, and return to peg, James and Nick talk high level about how USDC works. And a bit about some US financial systems. The James talks about TinyDancer, the Grizzlython hackathon submission of a Solana lite client, and what it could mean for the broader Solana ecosystem. Nick mak...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James and Nick are joined by the creators of the XRAY explorer , a human readable Solana explorer being built for the Solana Grizzlython Hackathon! We talk about how the XRAY developers got into software development, and their journey into Solana. Links from the show founder @_qudo founder @scammo...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James expresses his thoughts on the recent network outage, and the gents talk about Nick’s first week of working at the Foundation. Nick volunteers James reviewing Grizzlython hackathon pitch. Also, what is the MadList?! Anyone who would like to join us on the podcast next week for a hackathon pit...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Big news! Nick just started his new full time job on the DevRel team at Solana Foundation! James also declares he is going to finally get a hardware wallet and rethink how he handles wallet security. PS: In case you missed it last week, we had a long conversation with the CEO and founder of Solana...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show As the announcement that SolanaSpaces will be shutting down their two store locations, we are happy to welcome Vibhu, the CEO and Founder of Solana Spaces, onto the show to share his thoughts and reasoning about the closure/pivot. We talk Vibhu's background of building companies and starting Solan...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show HadeSwap acquired Solana Monkey Business. marginfi started collecting funds for their new on chain lending protocol, and a SolDev redesign? Crazy week. James and Nick discuss the upcoming SolDev redesign that Nick will be coding the frontend for. James gives his thoughts on the Solana Course he wr...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James and Nick welcome Vibhu , founder of Solana Spaces and the DRiP.haus , on to the episode where they talk about programable NFTs and the mutability of NFTs and data storage. Nick seems passionate about some NFTs staying immutable, while Vibhu and James are less convinced. But everyone seems to...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Nick finally got his Saga test unit and he is blown away. The gents talk specs and the pure beauty of the Saga phone, from hardware to software. Nick lectures James on the importance of a hardware wallet, and his strong feelings about them. And compares other Android phones in the market to the Sa...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show After James received his Saga developer test phone, and Nick’s is inbound, they discuss possibilities of a mobile first crypto experience. Even the potential for non-crypto apps getting distribution on a decentralized app store. Nick started using Midjourney to generate custom AI artwork, and Jame...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James and Nick talk about ordering their Saga phones, including the Saga cards airdrop. They explore the idea of digital collectibles over time and how business may use them to entire consumers down the line. The gents talk multi chain and the Phantom wallet, then Nick baits James into a personal...

Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Nick gets the mythical email to order his Solana Mobile phone but struggles to do so. In the meantime, we talk about the game change we expect the Saga phone to be. Also taxes. Nick and James talk broadly about how the US handles crypto taxes, which is…less than good…. So we spitball on some optio...