Austin Federa: Is SOL Money?

<p>Bankless hasn’t had the most coverage of Solana, the network, and SOL, the asset, but in this episode that changes. Our guest, Austin Federa is Head of Strategy at the Solana Foundation and is the host of the Validated podcast. </p> <p>David was recently a guest on Austin’s podcast where they went back and forth on some of the cultural and philosophical differences between the Solana and Ethereum projects. Today is a continuation of that episode. </p> <p>Despite some differences in community perspectives, Austin brings a fresh perspective on the design philosophy that relates Solana the network to SOL the asset and so much more.  </p> <p>-----<br /> 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is coming soon! Become a Citizen for full access: <br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/HuntersGonnaHunt">https://bankless.cc/HuntersGonnaHunt</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Stader">https://bankless.cc/Stader</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "%E2%81%A0https:/k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2%C2%A0%20%E2%81%A0">⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠</a></p> <p>🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING<br /> ⁠<a href= "https://bankless.cc/MetaMask">https://bankless.cc/MetaMask</a> </p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> ⁠<a href= "https://bankless.cc/MetaMask">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a>  ⁠</p> <p>🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Mantle">https://bankless.cc/Mantle</a>  ⁠</p> <p>👾POLYGON | VALUE LAYER OF THE INTERNET<br /> <a href= "https://polygon.technology/roadmap">https://polygon.technology/roadmap</a> </p> <p>🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Toku">https://bankless.cc/Toku</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> TIMESTAMPS</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:50 Programmable SOL Values<br /> 8:10 SOL’s Story Arc<br /> 12:25 SOL’s Architecture & Utility <br /> 17:30 SOL’s Economic Sustainability Model  <br /> 19:20 SOL’s Triple Point Asset Thesis<br /> 25:15 S