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Created: 2025-07-22 22:58:24 UTC

We chatted with Anatoly Yakovenko (@aeyakovenko) about Solana’s journey and how it all started.

"I started [Solana] around 2017 with the dream of building a high performance blockchain network."

"We launched in 2020, right after the Covid crash. S&P down 70%, Bitcoin down 70%, and we launched into the abyss."

"But it turned out to be lucky timing. We were the only next-gen network live, and we're still processing more transactions than every other major blockchain combined."

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