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Cake day: December 4th, 2023
  • kash_dhanda@alien.topOPBtoSolana•Hi, I'm Kash. AMA about Solana or Superteam | Dec 4th at 9am UTCEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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:

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
  • kash_dhanda@alien.topOPBtoSolana•Hi, I'm Kash. AMA about Solana or Superteam | Dec 4th at 9am UTCEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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)

  • kash_dhanda@alien.topOPBtoSolana•Hi, I'm Kash. AMA about Solana or Superteam | Dec 4th at 9am UTCEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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.

  • kash_dhanda@alien.topOPBtoSolana•Hi, I'm Kash. AMA about Solana or Superteam | Dec 4th at 9am UTCEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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.