Tengji Zhang

Solana

• Smart contract platform without  sharding or Layer 2s


• "Blockchain at NASDAQ speeds"  (actual original pitch deck tagline)

Ethereum is New York City; it is a happening place with the biggest DeFi protocols, the most TVL, the hottest DAOs and NFTs, but it is expensive. You scale by "building up skyscrapers" using L2 chain or "building out satellite towns" using interoperability networks that serve as highway connecting them.

Illia (NEAR):  Anatoly's point is right that you can't  parallelize games or markets.  However, markets you might be able to  by splitting orders with a fully sharded  DEX

Solana is LA. It’s big and sprawling and cheap. It is less decentralized. But some applications like games and NFTs do not need very high level of decentralization.

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