12 pictures tell you: How do Solana creators view Solana?

Author: Jack Kubinec, Blockworks; Translator: Deng Tong, Golden Finance

Lightspeed organized an anonymous survey and distributed it to Solana creators to understand their views on other ecosystems, venture capital, startups, etc.

The results of our poll of 42 creators are as follows:

(If you were to build on a blockchain other than Solana, which one would you choose?)

Others said: “No. I wouldn’t be involved in crypto without Solana.”

（What is your favorite American political party?）

（Which crypto venture capital do you rate highest?）

Others said: “It’s unfair to choose only one.”

(Which crypto VC do you rate the lowest?)

“Asian venture capital firms only imitate whoever is the leader.”

(The Solana Cabal promotes internal projects at the expense of non-conspiracy projects)

The creator also said: "I don't know, it really doesn't matter anyway."

"Don't like this question, it feels like provocation rather than informing."

"Exists, I am part of it, but not "at the expense of non-conspiracy projects" because I also invest a lot of time and money in "non-conspiracy projects". It's a two-way street - you give, you get."

"Doesn't exist, I am part of it."

“In the early days and during the bear market, networks of relationships formed naturally. Over the years, those who valued collaborating and helping solana naturally had tighter networks. Some of these people (including those from the OG solana labs team) later found a large voice and following. This is natural. Almost all surviving teams were also funded by venture capital and solana ventures. These are all facts, but in my opinion, there is no malicious intent. The Solana Foundation has done a good job of actively spreading the impact of this and supporting people across the ecosystem (see Superteam, etc.). In my opinion, Toly has done a particularly good job of cheering on builders without any discrimination, but based on: 1) what they are building is cool; and 2) sincerity.”

(What is Solana’s biggest problem right now?)

“Need to add more block space ASAP. 5x demand + 2x price appreciation = 10x larger blocks needed to maintain the same cost for application builders!”

（Is Meme coin good or bad for Solana?）

（If it’s not your own company, which Solana startup would you most like to join?）

(If it weren’t your own company, which Solana startup would you least want to join?)

“The one that doesn’t accelerate.”

(What is overvalued in the Solana ecosystem?)

“SocialFi, DeSci and games are equally bad.”

（What is underestimated in the Solana ecosystem?）

（What is underestimated in the Solana ecosystem?）

(Which of these has the biggest impact on Solana’s reputation?)

“FTX was the best in the early days, but also the worst at the same time, haha.”

There’s a lot to dig into here, but here are a few things I found interesting: Other founders don’t think highly of pump.fun, but they think the meme is great for the ecosystem. Also, Base and Sui seem like Solana’s most attractive competitors.