How Anatoly Yakovenko built Solana

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko shares his path from engineering to crypto, from dabbling in bringing Rust to crypto to building a new kind of blockchain. This conversation, moderated by a16z crypto deal partner Guy Wuollet, also covers the tough, early phases of technical maturation at Solana, growing a passionate audience of users and developers, and the benefits of building during a market slowdown.

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