Base Layer Episode 233: Matty Taylor from Solana Labs on the evolution & importance of hackathons in Solana

03/04/22 • 26 min

What a great show! Matty joins me to discuss how Solana has been able to grow with the use of some of the most exciting and involved hackathons in digital assets. We also discuss their use of "hacker houses" which aim to help developers learn key coding languages in Solana development. Lastly, we discuss Riptide, their newest hackathon that already has THOUSANDS of founders submitting their newest ideas.

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Base Layer 232: Michael Kong, CEO of Fantom Foundation on what's been driving interest in this Layer 1 blockchain

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