Hot take:
Solana’s rage baiting used to be entertaining. Now it’s just irritating. This is coming from someone who has historically liked Solana.
The jokes don’t land anymore given the political climate, especially with their founder being genuinely detestable.
Shouldn’t affect their ability to ship, but they’re building unnecessary brand risk with their comms lately. If they lose dominance, people will only cheer their downfall.
@frostLedger I think that there should be more of a focus on innovation. Don't just try to copy what other chains are doing. Consider for example the $HUNDRED devs, who have built an exchange and NFT marketplace on Avalanche - youtu.be/LlaW89cfL4o
Good luck in your new role.
To the Avalanche community:
I am not blind to where we stand. I see and share your frustration.
I took this role because I believe Avalanche has some of the strongest technical foundations in crypto. But strong foundations don't matter if the economics built on top of them haven't evolved with the ecosystem. What made sense at launch doesn't necessarily hold today, and having the honesty to rethink that is where it starts. But economics alone won't fix this either. The solution isn't singular. It's non-trivial. It's built from small things that compound over time. And it takes all of us coming together to make it happen. That starts with each of us being willing to ask the difficult questions first.
The priorities I've set for my team are about getting back to fundamentals. Focusing on what creates structural demand, the kind that doesn't disappear when market cycles turn. Building the right economic conditions for sustainable growth, not dependent on the next narrative.
Some things are working. Real-world asset growth on Avalanche is real. Institutional capital is showing up, not because of hype, but because the infrastructure earns it. That's the kind of growth you can build on.
But I'm not going to pretend everything is working. Some of our current mechanisms have design flaws. I'd rather say that publicly and work to fix them than pretend otherwise. That's how trust is built: through execution, not promises.
Sustainable growth doesn't come from one catalyst. It comes from getting the fundamentals right.
I want to hear from you. Not the "gm" replies or the "wen moon" questions. I want the hard feedback. Where are we failing? What's broken that nobody's talking about? What would make you stay, or come back?
If your criticism is constructive, I'll take it seriously, even if it's harsh. If it's just empty noise, I'll keep scrolling.
I came into crypto from institutional finance because I believe this technology can reshape how capital markets work. I chose Avalanche because I think the architecture can support that vision. But architecture alone doesn't win. Execution does. Community does.
The only way we win is together. 🔺
@cryptofishx True, but the $HUNDRED devs are already building great things every day that not even AI could come up with. As the founder of Trader Joe, there are so many ways you could invest in $HUNDRED. We only ask that you act accordingly.
At this point, they should just rebrand Avalanche (AVAX) into something new, more exciting, and more futuristic, the brand’s basically hit peak hate. No point in holding onto it. Just rebrand and start from zero.
The new year is here, and builders on Avalanche are making progress and shipping 🔺
From new collaborations and major upgrades to milestones, events, and more.
Here’s your roundup from grantees across infraBUIDL(), infraBUIDL(AI), and Retro9000 ⤵️
A friend needed help recovering a SOL wallet that they had lost a few words to, so I had Claude whip up a quick repo.
I'm sure there are a bunch of these already, but here's mine.
github.com/tactical-retre…
@AvalancheFDN Every project wants to be recognized and frankly they should. But if we were on $BTC or $ETH we wouldn't be expecting support from Satoshi or Vitalik. Avalanche owes us nothing except a working chain. That's all we needed to beat almost every other project in crypto this year.