Solana

includes Solana Foundation, Solana Pay

9 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2022 by Kyle Samani · said 66 times in 11 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by Nick Tomaino (23), Harry Stebbings (23), Kyle Samani (12), Sam Lessin (2), Avichal Garg (2), Ruchi Sanghvi (1), Nicholas Chirls (1), Mike Maples (1)

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Everything said about Solana, oldest first

Jul 22, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Samani: Top crypto assets like Bitcoin and Solana lack obvious DCF models
“The largest assets by market cap, notably Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, et cetera are assets that don't really have an obvious DCF.”
Kyle Samani Jul 22, 2022 ▶ 6:28 Kyle Samani: Why Bitcoin is Not a Hedge Against Inflation | 20VC #909 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 11, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Lessin: Slow Ventures made a 1,000x return on its Solana seed
“Like, I made a thousand X on our Solana seed, right?”
Sam Lessin Aug 11, 2023 ▶ 21:19 DEBATE: State of Seed Investing w/ Jason Lemkin, Sam Lessin, Frank Rotman & Harry Stebbings | E1047 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 30, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Tomaino: Solana was an insider VC token marketed to retail
“I have historically viewed Solana as a very tourist thing, you know, because it came in kind of right at the beginning of the last bull markets. It was, you know, aggressively marketing. There's also one of these insider VC coins that sold a lot to early insid…”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 58:17 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 30, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Tomaino: I missed a huge investment opportunity in Solana
“The people that invested in Solana have done incredibly well. So You know, I missed a big investment opportunity as well.”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 59:12 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 8, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Samani: Solana poses a credible threat to Ethereum's dominance
“Solana is a credible threat to Ethereum and people, they don't like it when they think that they're, you know, their investments they hold have faced a credible threat.”
Kyle Samani Jan 8, 2024 ▶ 10:42 Crypto Roundtable with Nick Tomaino & Kyle Samani: US Elections, NFTs, and Trump | E1100 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 8, 2024 positive
Opinion
Samani: Solana is explicitly capitalist compared to Ethereum's public-goods culture
“Ethereum is very focused on public goods funding, Very focused on kind of general welfare. And Solana is like very directly capitalist in kind of the more traditional sense of the word.”
Kyle Samani Jan 8, 2024 ▶ 13:41 Crypto Roundtable with Nick Tomaino & Kyle Samani: US Elections, NFTs, and Trump | E1100 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 6, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Chirls: Notation Capital invested in Solana's Series A round
“We invested in the Solana Series A. So that's kind of similar. No one cared.”
Nicholas Chirls Sep 6, 2024 ▶ 42:20 Nicholas Chirls: Why Big VCs Ruin Startups, VC is a Ponzi Scheme Today & Most VCs are Bankers |E1198 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 6, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Maples: Smartest Crypto VCs Focused on Ethereum and Solana Over Bitcoin
“So when I think about the way venture capital has thought about crypto, most of the really smartest people I know have been focused on Ethereum and Solana.”
Mike Maples Jan 6, 2025 ▶ 1:00:21 Mike Maples: Three Frameworks to Evaluate Startups and Founders | E1242 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 22, 2026 bearish
Opinion
Bitcoin Runs on Greed While Solana and Ethereum Show Long-Term Potential
“And that greed element of blockchain, which is exactly what the Bitcoin thing is all about, in my opinion, is about greed, bringing down the, in the whole blockchain thing. While Solana and Ethereum, they're looking like they have a long-term potential.”
Jerry Murdock Aug 22, 2026 ▶ 1:08:51 The AI Bubble WILL Burst | Should we be fearful of Chinese Open-Source | Jerry Murdock
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