{"id":532851,"date":"2022-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ethereum-founder-says-he-hopes-solana-gets-a-chance-to-thrive\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T21:00:00","slug":"ethereum-founder-says-he-hopes-solana-gets-a-chance-to-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-founder-says-he-hopes-solana-gets-a-chance-to-thrive\/","title":{"rendered":"# Ethereum founder says he hopes Solana gets a &#8216;chance to thrive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a411413b2a9b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a411413b2a9b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-founder-says-he-hopes-solana-gets-a-chance-to-thrive\/#%E2%80%9D_Ethereum_founder_says_he_hopes_Solana_gets_a_%E2%80%98chance_to_thrive_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Ethereum founder says he hopes Solana gets a &#8216;chance to thrive&#8217; &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Ethereum_founder_says_he_hopes_Solana_gets_a_%E2%80%98chance_to_thrive_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Ethereum founder says he hopes Solana gets a &#8216;chance to thrive&#8217; &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMTIvMzQ4YjY4NDEtOTBiMi00YzFkLWEyYjQtMzk1NDQ2MmVlZTUzLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-6ed77c39>Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin showed sympathy for competitor Solana (SOL) in a Dec. 30 tweet. He said that \u201csmart people\u201d tell him that Solana has \u201can earnest smart developer community,\u201d and suggested that the opportunists who were involved with the project in the past have been \u201cwashed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buterin also expressed hope that the Solana community \u201cgets its fair chance to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some smart people tell me there is an earnest smart developer community in Solana, and now that the awful opportunistic money people have been washed out, the chain has a bright future.<\/p>\n<p>Hard for me to tell from outside, but I hope the community gets its fair chance to thrive<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/1608591727316684804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The price of SOL has fallen by over 90% since its peak, partially because of the coin\u2019s association with the failed FTX exchange. But Solana developers have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolanaFndn\/status\/1593642126394261505\">argued<\/a> that FTX\u2019s collapse did not harm the network itself.<\/p>\n<p>Vitalik\u2019s praise for Solana impressed many in the crypto <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> community. Ari Paul of BlockTower Capital <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriDavidPaul\/status\/1608598678083891201\">produced<\/a> a tweet thread that argued more crypto companies should follow Vitalik\u2019s lead, as he explained,\u00a0\u201cThis is how someone behaves who is h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y to \u2018compete\u2019 on merit, and thinks in positive sum terms. One fun test you can give anyone on almost anything (service providers, fund managers, devs, whatever)[&#8230;]Ask them about the competition in positive form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone was happy with Buterin\u2019s statement though. Former poker pro Mike McDonald saw the statement as \u201cvirtue signaling.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I normally love Vitalik but this just seems like an infantilizing virtue signal to me. Like does he think Solana devs haven&#8217;t heard of Ethereum?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike McDonald (@MikeMcDonald89) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMcDonald89\/status\/1608604211872411649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some critics also thought the timing of Buterin\u2019s tweet was suspect. Would he have praised Solana if it was still doing well?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is like lebron playing some random high schooler 1v1 and then saying a few nice things when Lebron wins 11-0 and the kid blows out his ACL.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Decentral (@KyleLogiks) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleLogiks\/status\/1608626434200961025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Solana was once dubbed an \u201cEthereum killer\u201d, partially due to\u00a0its high scalability. 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