- Yakovenko has posted a warning against initiating a cold war among protocols, including Ethereum and Solana, often dubbed as “ETH Killers.”
- Yakovenko’s statement about Ethereum emphasizes the possibility of SOL and ETH coexisting without causing discomfort and even overlapping.
- Despite the growing industry praise for Solana, Yakovenko cautioned community members not to incite unhealthy competition with the Ethereum protocol.
Anatoly Yakovenko, the founder of Solana, expressed his views on the frequently debated topic of the “ETH Killer.”
Yakovenko Talks About the ETH Killer
Solana’s founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, issued a post on the X platform warning against starting a cold war among protocols, including Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), often referred to as “ETH Killers.”
According to Yakovenko, supporting such a narrative against Ethereum negatively impacts the ecosystem. He suggested that protocols could coexist or compete without posing threats to each other.
“Stake-effective technologies can have overlapping features and can compete, but this is entirely normal. I don’t see a future where Solana thrives and Ethereum somehow dies,” said the co-founder of Solana.
Additionally, Anatoly expressed a positive outlook on the future technology called “Danksharding,” which he believes will have sufficient bandwidth to host all of Solana’s data and allow adding cheaper blocks to blockchain technology.
Danksharding is an Ethereum rollup scaling method where transactions are expanded by providing additional storage space for off-chain transactions. Yakovenko’s statement about Ethereum emphasizes the fact that SOL and ETH can coexist and even overlap without causing discomfort.
Solana’s Founder Suppresses ETH Competition
Despite the growing industry praise for Solana, Yakovenko warned community members not to incite unhealthy competition with the Ethereum protocol. This warning came when Rune Christensen, the Founder and CEO of MakerDAO, announced plans to fork the NewChain protocol away from Ethereum onto the Solana blockchain. The news triggered a reaction seen as a battle among Solana supporters.
Yakovenko immediately clarified that this was a victory for open source in general. He stated, “I really hope people in the Solana community don’t turn this into a stick to attack Ethereum,” referring to the situation.
In October, a member of the Ethereum community, jebus.eth, tried to criticize Solana, saying it was a coalition of the poor and the rich who do not understand where the value comes from or how it is created, only knowing that they want things to be cheap. However, Solana’s founder quickly responded, emphasizing that the protocol is pursuing a completely decentralized digital space, a reality free from the control of capitalist intermediaries and government oversight, where communication and transactions circulate freely.
