Some people know me as the Sherpa of Superteam, a global network of communities dedicated to onboarding talent to Solana.
Some people know me as the host of the Ecosystem Call, a monthly event where the Solana community gets together to celebrate its wins and hear alpha on what’s coming up next.
And some people know me as the guy with the big eyebrows who yells about staking your SOL.
https://reddit.com/link/189xjjb/video/monzgcyg844c1/player
No matter how you know me, I’m here to take any and all questions you have about what’s going on in the Solana Ecosystem. Feel free to ask about:
- Solana projects / sectors and what you should check out
- Simple explanations of technical topics
- How Superteam works and what we do
- Getting grants from Superteam
- How to do well at hackathons
- Storytelling / business development / community design advice
- Hot takes and hotter gossip about crypto generally
- Anything else your heart desires
And if you’re a Solana founder and want feedback about your project, post it below and I’ll give it a try!
PS - come to the last Ecosystem Call of the Year on Dec 7th (Thursday). We’ll have Mert from Helius, Armani from Backpack, Meow from Jupiter, Max from Mango, and Nom from BONK on the call to drop some alpha.
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How Superteam works and what we do
I keep hearing about “Superteam” and i still don’t know how this thing works in real life ?
1 - I mean what does it take for you to be in a Superteam?
Let’s say I’m not a technical guy with 0 development skills, can i still join a Superteam ?
2 - How to get the grant to make a Superteam where i live ?
1 - I mean what does it take for you to be in a Superteam?
It’ll depend a little bit on the region, but broadly the only way to get into Superteam is through Proof of Work. That means creating something valuable for a Superteam project, Superteam itself, or Solana.
Most frequently, that means getting a grant from us. We have about 10 grant programs running currently that you can check out here: https://earn.superteam.fun/grants/
But it could also mean winning a bounty, or permissionlessly doing something awesome. Here’s our XP menu, which details the kinds of things Superteams find valuable: https://docs.superteam.fun/the-superteam-handbook/getting-involved/how-to-contribute
There are plenty of non-technical ways to contribute, whether it’s helping a Superteam project with go-to-market, getting a Crypto Writer’s grant, or redesigning a resource to improve it’s UX.
See you in Superteam soon!
Nice to have you here Kash.
I follow your twitter account since 1+ year now and you do provide decent content for Solana users.
I’ll definitely register for the system call of December 7.
Excited to see you there!
I’m not so good at Twitter, but appreciate the kind words. Decent is better than I would have given myself
Bought Solana because chart looks good but know nothing about Sol. From technical perspective is Sol on similar level as Algo ???
Obviously, I’m biased, but here’s what I’d say:
Solana does 50x more transactions per second (~400 vs. 8) and will continue to scale as hardware continues to improve. This means that, in practice, Solana is more usable today. The cost per transaction is about the same though, so no real benefits in terms of cost.
Solana is also more decentralized, if that matters to you, with more validators (roughly 10x, if memory serves, but I could be wrong here) and more client diversity (important to prevent hacks, supply chain attacks, outages, etc).
And Solana is more fun! There are just more projects in the ecosystem, more DeFi things to use, more consumer apps, more wallets, etc.
And if you’re a Solana founder and want feedback about your project, post it below and I’ll give it a try!
What are the best project that you think they’ll do great job during 2024 - 2025 ?
I’m not talking about price part of course, but as a development team that have high chances to ship and accomplish their roadmap.
Do you have any “alpha” you can share with us here ?
Solana projects / sectors and what you should check out
I"d love that you gives us some decent links to follow (to bookmark) so we be up to date with Solana ecosystem news, development, getting Alfas before it’s crowded and stuff like that.
I know the ecosystem is getting bigger each month, i need something like that to help me with my journey in Solana.
Breaking news ->
u/SolBulletin
News, but degen ->
u/DegenerateNews
Daily videos ->
u/SebMontgomery
Weekly ->
u/MadLadsNFT
's “Mad News” //
u/J264G
Weekly dev recap ->
u/mikehale
Monthly ->
u/SuperteamDAO
Ecosystem Calls (duh)
Quarterly ->
u/MessariCrypto
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What are the latest technical innovations in the Solana ecosystem that you’re most excited about? Firedancer, Token2022, Private Solana Programs, something else entirely?
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What area do you see the most opportunity for the ecosystem to grow and/or improve in 2024? This could be in a specific use case, product type, or other more philosophical or ideological way - totally open to your interpretation.
What are the latest technical innovations in the Solana ecosystem that you’re most excited about? Firedancer, Token2022, Private Solana Programs, something else entirely?
Excited about all of these actually!
But I still think priority fee markets is underappreciated. It’s incredible to see massive mints or days of heavy traction for e.g. DeFi, Pyth airdrops, etc not increasing gas fees or slowing down the network.
Every chain should have Fee Markets to save their users. Solana already does, and it’s awesome.
Token2022 I’ll be more excited about once they rename it (I like SuperToken but obviously I’m biased)
What area do you see the most opportunity for the ecosystem to grow and/or improve in 2024? This could be in a specific use case, product type, or other more philosophical or ideological way - totally open to your interpretation.
Not in order:
- Talent Onboarding: how do we get Solana to become the chain-of-choice for high-caliber founders? Right now, most of the academic inflows come to Ethereum or other ecosystems, and Solana just doesn’t have the mindshare we need among top tier founders-to-be. This is particularly true in emerging markets.
- Product Thinking: We now have the on/off ramps, the wallets, the mobile experiences, etc for products to actually break through. I want to see more teams devoting resources to marketing, to UX testing, etc than to engineering (please dont’ kill me if you’re a dev). I’d love to see Dean’s List get 10x bigger and help 10x more projects refine their products.
- Thought Leadership. Related to point #1. We’re actively working on this at Superteam, so stay tuned, but broadly how do we get high quality thinkers to spend more time thinkign and publishing about Solana. This includes both technical gibberish and non-technical gibberish. For example, I’d love to see a steady output of quality writing about DeFi that is uniquely enabled by Solana, or by consumer apps that take advantage of Solana’s speed, etc.
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Is there a place I can buy/collect the airdrops from the monthly zoom? I’ve been to most but unable to claim during some due to mobile issues or other
Yo Kash. What do you think about the current state of the gamefi on Solana and where will it go from here?
Funny you ask! I was just about post this gaming recap I’ve been working on to Twitter, but now Reddit gets to see it first :)
Broadly: I think we have to do better on distribution for existing games, there are way more than most people are familiar with!
RPG
u/AuroryProject: a tactical, turn-based, NFT-creature battler JRPG.
u/decimated_game: a multiplayer online RPG in a hostile dystopian metaverse.
u/ProjectEluune: a guild auto-battler RPG with crafting & progression.
u/PlayElumia: a fantasy MMORPG with NFT land & quest rewards.
u/ProjectSeedGame: an on-chain RPG with DAO virtual world.
u/EizperChain: a blockchain RPG with adventure & competitive battle modes.
u/TheMadTrooper: an nft collection that you can use to play games as sci-fi warriors.
u/tapfantasy2021: a blockchain rpg with P2E like axie & design feature like roblox.
u/GuildSaga: a fantasy rpg with strategic combat & P2E nfts.
u/polychainmon: a polychain monsters game moving to Solana.
u/AotuNFT: an anime mobile RPG game with PVP & PVE modes.
u/exgoland_io: a metaverse with ai, vr & immersive experiences.
u/heavenland_io: a futuristic space city NFT metaverse with unique physics.
u/AngelicTheGame: a sci-fi roleplay game with optional crypto features.
u/YakuCorp: a cyberpunk social metaverse game.
u/MilliononMars: a scifi crafting game on a future mars colony.
u/genopets: a mobile pet game with battles as you walk.
u/SpaceFalconIO: an NFT space game with full item control.
u/KaijuCards: an RPG card game collecting NFTs in dungeons.
u/PlayHoneyland: casual web2/web3 hybrid game.
u/SeoulStarsNFT: a metaverse k-pop idol game with sing-to-earn karaoke.
Strategy
u/staratlas: a space strategy game about exploration & domination.
u/DeFi_Land: own virtual farms & compete in a agriculture simulation game.
u/CyberWaveNFT: an on-chain defense strategy game.
u/DominationGG_: a collaborative strategy game with territory battles.
u/SolPatrolNFT: a real-time strategy game about building & defending a city.
u/solcraftgame: a free-to-play blockchain strategy game with P2E features.
u/io_dragonwar: a turn-based strategy P2E dragons game.
u/blade_rite: MOBA & Battle Royale gaming combined with web3.
u/Meta_Gaia: a metaverse game focused on community & digital ownership.
u/Houseofsparta_: a P2E game with battles between player provinces.
u/RoTTheGame: a cyberpunk NFT collection game with missions.
u/Zoolana_: a strategy blockchain game with NFTs.
Fighting
u/CryowarDevs: a pvp arena game where players battle for rewards & domination.
u/MiniNations: a free-to-play first person shooter with team matches.
u/UNKJDgames: an esports P2E game where nfts serve as in-game assets.
u/BR1INFINITE: a 3rd person shooter game built on solana
u/nyanheroes: a free P2E 3rd person shooter blockchain game with nfts.
u/soulofoxNFT: a fox warrior adventure game with quests & battles.
u/play_evio: a browser-based sci-fi FPS with P2E NFT skins.
u/MetaOpsGaming: a fps game that gives players ownership of in-game items.
u/void_dot_games: a game focused on custom characters battling in open world…
u/psykergame: a cyberpunk fighting game with nanobots.
u/playrooniverse: a pvp battle game where players train roo tribes to fight.
Racing
u/ALeague_Racing: an arcade racing game with nft car minting & tournaments.
u/photofinishgame: a P2E virtual horse racing game with breeding & genetics.
u/pixelracersnft: a win-to-earn NFT racing game.
u/theDogeTrack: a dog racing P2E game with nft dogs & tracks.
u/Stepnofficial: earn tokens for walking, jogging & running in a fitness game.
u/walken_io: a free2play, walk2play & win2earn game.
Casino
u/TheAcesNFT: an nft playing card collection & poker game in metaverse.
u/DuelCasino: a web3-powered online casino & PVP gambling platform.
u/RaceGameTeamr: a poker game using blockchain for user & action verification.
u/SCPokerClub: a 24/7 live poker game using $SOL.
u/PhantasiaSports: a blockchain-powered fantasy sports game.
u/BetDEXLabs: a sports betting platform with no counterparty risk.
u/DivvyBet: an onchain betting platform.
u/AverExchange: a decentralized betting & prediction platform.
Others
u/WeSleepOfficial: a web3 fitness game that rewards users for sleep time.
u/blockstarsgame: a music business management game.
u/playpiraterush: a collection of pirate-themed games.
u/PirateSquadNFT: a pirate gamefi hub with mini game competitions.
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Hey Kash. Appreciate you taking the time do a QnA :)
I have three questions for you:
- I want to understand how does a talented person early in their career look at their career growth how do you know you’re going in the right direction in the long run, do you have any advice/framework for this?
- I kind of feel unsatisfied with my achievements, but if you compare them to people my age, it’s definitely very significant, this might be because my standards are very high and I can’t accept anything below that. What is your advice on dealing with this?
- What’s something you wish you were told when you were early in your career?Thanks in advance for answering these, you’re a gem of a person to be friends with :)
Hi Kash. Wen moon?
As soon as the $KASH token drops
Gib airdrop 🐵
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I am holding you personally reponsible for this.
Edit: minted feet pics also work.
What are you’re top 3 Solana projects rn (something you’ve came across this year)? Also what tips would you give to someone thinking about joining their first crypto hackathon?
Hey Kash, what do you think about tokenwizard.grayrock.network? A soon to be finished platform to manage Solana tokens and more…
What do you think are the key metrics of showing strong Solana ecosystem health?
Examples include
- # of users using Solana dApps
- # of transactions within Solana
- # of developer activity
- # of investments to projects building on SolanaLet me know if there is anything else I may have missed!
Also, where should I go to find the historic data for the metrics?What is your skincare routine?
The most essential question of the day.
- Face wash with Cera Vue morning and night
- If i’m feeling fancy, borrow my wife’s green tea serum for additional hydration
- Combo SPF moisturiser, I like Beauty of Joseon from Korea.
- 2-3 times a week, I use the honey exfoliator from Circadia
Take care of your skin lads, it’ll take care of you