Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin confirmed sympathy for competitor Solana (SOL) in a Dec. 30 tweet. He stated that “sensible individuals” inform him that Solana has “an earnest sensible developer neighborhood,” and recommended that the opportunists who had been concerned with the venture up to now have been “washed out.”
Buterin additionally expressed hope that the Solana neighborhood “will get its honest likelihood to thrive.”
Some sensible individuals inform me there’s an earnest sensible developer neighborhood in Solana, and now that the terrible opportunistic cash individuals have been washed out, the chain has a brilliant future.
Laborious for me to inform from outdoors, however I hope the neighborhood will get its honest likelihood to thrive
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 29, 2022
The value of SOL has fallen by over 90% since its peak, partially due to the coin’s association with the failed FTX exchange. However Solana builders have argued that FTX’s collapse didn’t hurt the community itself.
Vitalik’s reward for Solana impressed many within the crypto Twitter neighborhood. Ari Paul of BlockTower Capital produced a tweet thread that argued extra crypto corporations ought to comply with Vitalik’s lead, as he defined, “That is how somebody behaves who’s completely happy to ‘compete’ on advantage, and thinks in optimistic sum phrases. One enjoyable check you may give anybody on virtually something (service suppliers, fund managers, devs, no matter)[…]Ask them in regards to the competitors in optimistic type.”
Not everybody was pleased with Buterin’s assertion although. Former poker professional Mike McDonald noticed the assertion as “advantage signaling.”
I usually love Vitalik however this simply looks as if an infantilizing advantage sign to me. Like does he suppose Solana devs have not heard of Ethereum?
— Mike McDonald (@MikeMcDonald89) December 29, 2022
Some critics additionally thought the timing of Buterin’s tweet was suspect. Would he have praised Solana if it was nonetheless doing nicely?
That is like lebron enjoying some random excessive schooler 1v1 after which saying just a few good issues when Lebron wins 11-0 and the child blows out his ACL.
— Kyle Decentral (@KyleLogiks) December 30, 2022
Solana was once dubbed an “Ethereum killer”, partially attributable to its excessive scalability. But it surely has additionally been criticized by some for being too centralized and unstable.
