Tengji Zhang

Solana

• Smart contract platform without  sharding or Layer 2s


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

Gün (Avalanche)

• Bitcoin has quantifiable  decentralization but not necessarily the  best


• Avalanche is the only chain that can  have millions and millions of block  producers for each transactions

Avalanche is Chicago: trying to be the next Wall Street, but newer, cheaper, more aggressive. It specializes in finance and trading. 

Towards the end of my tour at Cabin, Jonathan leaves me with two sayings that Cabin’s core contributors (like him and Rafa) are trying to distribute among the community: “The DAO provides” and “Manifest your role.” He also leaves me with a sticker of their logo.

Endorsement: connect the off-chain and on-chain data in a verified way to present one's professional identity

Reading feels like something I ought to do because there are just so many important things to know that I don't know and that feels problematic.

When to read: morning, evening, eating, walking.

Future of Smart Contract Platforms Gün (Avalanche):  A one-size-fits-all blockchain will get  dominated by whoever can pay the  highest fees (the DeFi folks)  They will crowd out everyone else