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Solana Co-Founder: Moving of Big Projects Like DeGods ‘Bittersweet’

Solana Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko said what the blockchain ecosystem needs is "20 more unicorns so ambitious that Solana can't contain them."

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December 27, 2022

Yakovenko Tweets About ‘Solana Unicorns’

The news that the two biggest NFT projects on Solana are moving to Ethereum and Polygon has sparked much discussion among the blockchain’s community, even sparking a response from Solana Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko.

Many Solana loyalists have been highly critical of the decision by the developers of DeGods and y00ts to bridge their Non-Fungible Token (NFT) projects to other chains, while others have attempted to be dismissive of the importance of the projects to the Solana ecosystem.

Yakovenko, though, struck a more thoughtful position on his “bittersweet” feelings about seeing popular Solana projects––such as DeGods, Phantom and Magic Eden––achieve great success and then seek to grow on other blockchains as well.

The goal is to onboard everyone in the world to self custody, and the path there is hard. These unicorns figured out product market fit in an insanely competitive market. They were built on solana because solana is the where the best products can be built.
— toly 🇺🇸 (@aeyakovenko) December 26, 2022

The Co-Founder said: “What @solana needs is twenty more unicorns that are so ambitious that @solana can’t contain them.”

Start a company on @solana, build an awesome experience, get free money from competitors. If you are a founder, you should max out no strings attached non dilutive capital and focus on pmf and growth.
— toly 🇺🇸 (@aeyakovenko) December 26, 2022