“Solana is the center of memecoins and scammers”
Edward Snowden made striking statements about Solana at the Token2049 conference.
Snowden attended the recently concluded crypto event Token2049 in Singapore. Speaking at the event, Snowden claimed that Solana was centralized in order to be more efficient.
Referring to the purpose of using Solana, the former agent said;
“Nobody uses Solana except memecoins and scammers. Because if anyone develops something important in Solana, then it will be on the radar of the states.”
Edward Snowden, a US computer scientist and former intelligence agent, made ambitious statements about Solana. The 41-year-old whistleblower ignited a fierce debate on decentralization.
Snowden stated that Solana's current structure is centralized and that no significant developments have been seen in the blockchain in question.
Some prominent members of the Ethereum community also agreed with the idea that Solana is centralized. Ethereum developer Ryan Berkmans referred to the validator client and the cost of running a validator node. Based on the nodes in question, Berkmans said that Snowden was right.
While Solana works on a single client, Ethereum is traded with 6 different clients. Helius Labs CEO Mert Mumtaz stated that, contrary to the claims, there are three clients on Solana. Mumtaz noted the following;
“SOL has multiple clients, Frankendancer on the mainnet, Jito on the mainnet, and Firedancer on the mainnet in non-voting mode…”
On the other hand, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko argued that Solana has two clients. Yakovenko said the following;
“Firedancer is running on the mainnet! It just doesn’t vote or create blocks yet. But it fully verifies all state transitions.There are currently two clients officially.”
