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What would the enhanced crypto games look like. Adderall, creatine and peptides in your grandma’s basement?

My honest thoughts about the Solana ecosystem right now: Even though I’m still extremely bullish, the ecosystem genuinely feels very different from before. We’ve built more apps, improved infra, onboarded more users, more institutions, more capital, and generated more revenue than ever before. The ecosystem is objectively stronger. But somehow it also feels more lonely than before. The space got so big that many of us don’t even know each other anymore. Things feel more artificial, distant, and transactional. Back in 2021, the community itself carried Solana on its back. The devs were eating glass 24/7, creators onboarded users out of pure conviction, and the narratives were built organically by the people. The foundation barely even had a social presence back then. The community had the power. Now it feels like too many people rely on the foundation, engagement algorithms, institutional validation, and coordinated narratives to shape the culture for them. I mean "Solana kols" are now foundation members. And that’s where I think things become dangerous. If the narratives of the ecosystem are artificially constructed and amplified from the top down, the culture slowly loses authenticity. People stop thinking for themselves and just start echoing whatever is placed in front of them. The culture became bigger, but weaker. It's more efficient forsure, but less human. A lot of people no longer love Solana itself. They just use Solana because the tech is good or because the current meta is here. There’s less collective identity, less emotional attachment to the chain, and less genuine support between builders unless there’s financial incentive attached to it. Back then we all felt responsible for pushing Solana forward together. Now many people just spectate lol. The Solana I fell in love with was built around real communities, nfts, friendships, chaos, conviction, and collective belief during the hardest times. Not just perps, casinos, AI agents, and whatever the next shiny meta is. Maybe this is simply what happens when ecosystems mature. Maybe I'm just too washed now. I genuinely miss when the people themselves felt like the soul of Solana.

Bryan Johnson reveals why he uses an umbrella even when it’s not raining and UV levels are low “90% of physical skin aging is from the sun, so this is a UV umbrella protecting me”

The enhanced door to door perps sales games are underway. Anatoly Phelpsovenko looking good here.

Solana spent 2 entire cycles as the underdog main character and fastest horse in the race. It was never going to last forever. It was a fun ride, but its time to stop wishing for a 3rd cycle, and continue building the most robust DeFi ecosystem in crypto. Soltardio