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here's Vlad joking about it

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solana daily fee revenue dropped from 33,000 SOL/day in january to 5,300 SOL/day in june. 84% decline. deploying a complex defi protocol costs 18 SOL ($1,410) vs a few dollars on robinhood chain. that's not a gas problem, that's a structural rent model problem baked into the account system. the foundation just posted a "head of founder success" role on july 8, same week robinhood chain launched and pulled $500m in 24h uniswap volume. you don't create a retention-specific executive role unless builders are walking. pump fun and jupiter still print but new protocol deployments are migrating to cheaper stacks. solana is consolidating into a consumer app settlement layer, not an infrastructure platform. the 18 SOL problem requires core protocol changes to the rent system that take months. developers are leaving now.