Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show For this special episode, we are joined by Noah Prince (aka @redacted_noah on Twitter). One of the Solana devs behind the massive effort of migrating the Helium Network to Solana. Noah shares some of his background and how his brother, founder of Metaplex, convinced him to start developing on Solana. He also shares a high level, but still technical overview of how the Helium network works. From ...
Apr 10, 2023•47 min•Ep. 14
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James is out for the week, but Nick is joined by Shek, the founder of Worcel and the Gum protocol . Shek shares his reasoning for founding Wordcel, the Solana native blogging platform. And how that later evolved into the Gum protocol. We dive into some of the more technical aspects oh how Wordcel works under the hood, and the potential scaling issues of indexing the Gum protocol once it uses Sta...
Apr 03, 2023•40 min•Ep. 13
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show We are joined by the Mert, the vocal Solana supporter and founder of Helius.xyz As a former Coinbase employee, we got Mert’s take on the recent SEC action/notice. We talk about Mert’s spicy twitter life and the role he plays in the Solana (and broader crypto ecosystem). Mert shares some of his thoughts on what blockchain products are good at doing, and maybe some things that are over-rated or ov...
Mar 27, 2023•55 min•Ep. 12
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show After the USDC depeg, and return to peg, James and Nick talk high level about how USDC works. And a bit about some US financial systems. The James talks about TinyDancer, the Grizzlython hackathon submission of a Solana lite client, and what it could mean for the broader Solana ecosystem. Nick makes a case for how Elusiv is a game change protocol for Solana and blockchain in general. Allowing pe...
Mar 20, 2023•33 min•Ep. 11
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James and Nick are joined by the creators of the XRAY explorer , a human readable Solana explorer being built for the Solana Grizzlython Hackathon! We talk about how the XRAY developers got into software development, and their journey into Solana. Links from the show founder @_qudo founder @scammo_ try out the XRAY explorer XRAY open source code on GitHub Solana news from the week Elusiv protoco...
Mar 14, 2023•34 min•Ep. 10
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James expresses his thoughts on the recent network outage, and the gents talk about Nick’s first week of working at the Foundation. Nick volunteers James reviewing Grizzlython hackathon pitch. Also, what is the MadList?! Anyone who would like to join us on the podcast next week for a hackathon pitch practice, DM or tag us on twitter! Links from the show Plans to improve the network upgrade proce...
Mar 06, 2023•28 min•Ep. 9
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Big news! Nick just started his new full time job on the DevRel team at Solana Foundation! James also declares he is going to finally get a hardware wallet and rethink how he handles wallet security. PS: In case you missed it last week, we had a long conversation with the CEO and founder of Solana Spaces, Vibhu, about why Solana Spaces is shutting down its NYC/Miami stores. Give it a listen and ...
Feb 27, 2023•29 min•Ep. 8
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show As the announcement that SolanaSpaces will be shutting down their two store locations, we are happy to welcome Vibhu, the CEO and Founder of Solana Spaces, onto the show to share his thoughts and reasoning about the closure/pivot. We talk Vibhu's background of building companies and starting Solana Spaces, how and why Solana Spaces started, and the interesting tech behind it. And the sad announc...
Feb 23, 2023•42 min•Ep. 7
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show HadeSwap acquired Solana Monkey Business. marginfi started collecting funds for their new on chain lending protocol, and a SolDev redesign? Crazy week. James and Nick discuss the upcoming SolDev redesign that Nick will be coding the frontend for. James gives his thoughts on the Solana Course he wrote, including Solana Pay and how powerful it is! James updates Nick on how Solana Pay works and it ...
Feb 20, 2023•33 min•Ep. 7
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James and Nick welcome Vibhu , founder of Solana Spaces and the DRiP.haus , on to the episode where they talk about programable NFTs and the mutability of NFTs and data storage. Nick seems passionate about some NFTs staying immutable, while Vibhu and James are less convinced. But everyone seems to agree the “wallet” terminology might need a refresh. Find Vibhu online follow him on twitter: @vibh...
Feb 13, 2023•16 min•Ep. 6
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Nick finally got his Saga test unit and he is blown away. The gents talk specs and the pure beauty of the Saga phone, from hardware to software. Nick lectures James on the importance of a hardware wallet, and his strong feelings about them. And compares other Android phones in the market to the Saga. Huge shout out to Jeffrey Ando ( @ser_ando ) for the amazing AI generated cover art! Full show n...
Feb 06, 2023•32 min•Ep. 5
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show After James received his Saga developer test phone, and Nick’s is inbound, they discuss possibilities of a mobile first crypto experience. Even the potential for non-crypto apps getting distribution on a decentralized app store. Nick started using Midjourney to generate custom AI artwork, and James may convince his wife to use crypto before Nick convinces his own wife. Huge shout out to Jeffrey ...
Jan 30, 2023•30 min•Ep. 4
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show James and Nick talk about ordering their Saga phones, including the Saga cards airdrop. They explore the idea of digital collectibles over time and how business may use them to entire consumers down the line. The gents talk multi chain and the Phantom wallet, then Nick baits James into a personal hackathon by first offering him $BONK to ship an mobile app within 2 weeks of getting his Saga phone...
Jan 23, 2023•27 min•Ep. 3
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Nick gets the mythical email to order his Solana Mobile phone but struggles to do so. In the meantime, we talk about the game change we expect the Saga phone to be. Also taxes. Nick and James talk broadly about how the US handles crypto taxes, which is…less than good…. So we spitball on some options. Then Nick reveals his unique day job. Huge shout out to Jeffrey Ando ( @ser_ando ) for the amazi...
Jan 16, 2023•32 min•Ep. 2
Follow the @SolfatePod show on Twitter for updates. Thanks for listening frens :) Notes from the show Welcome to the very first episode of the Solfate podcast, an audio commentary from two developers on building into the Solana ecosystem. In this very first episode, Nick and James introduce themselves. We give our backgrounds and how we each started building and educating on Solana. We also talk about the recent events of the Bonk token taking Solana by storm. Getting airdropped to loads of peop...
Jan 09, 2023•33 min•Ep. 1
