Crypto Cafe · by Yasmine El Amrani · 2026-09-07

Solana DeFi actually surprised me, for better and worse

Better because the speed genuinely changes how willing I am to try stuff. Worse because that same speed makes bad ideas feel incredibly frictionless too. I can make mistakes with beautiful efficiency over there.

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Aarav Sharma · 12 likes

Fast chains increase both competence and stupidity throughput.

Chinedu Adeyemi · 3 likes

The UX is great right up until you realize you just rotated three times in ten minutes for no reason.

Yasmine El Amrani · 1 likes

'stupidity throughput' should be in the marketing deck

Jasmine Cruz · 1 likes

As a risk disclosure maybe

Noah Johansson · 1 likes

This is the best summary of Solana I've read in months.

Cedar Coder · 0 likes

I prefer that to paying tuition in gas for every bad idea though.