Solana Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko Hints at Building Ethereum-Style Execution Layer

• Anatoly Yakovenko hints at aligning Solana’s execution layer with Ethereum’s design, seeing potential for Solana to adopt Ethereum-like innovations for global settlements.
• Yakovenko remains focused on Solana’s evolution beyond trends like memecoins, aiming for a robust, scalable platform despite short-term network challenges.

After Anatoly Yakovenko developed Solana to overcome blockchain limitations like slow transaction speeds and high fees, as CNF recently updated, the co-founder of Solana recently expressed admiration for Ethereum’s infrastructure, despite the ongoing rivalry between the two protocols.

In a tweet shared on his official X account, Yakovenko acknowledged Ethereum’s innovative design and vision, stating that if tasked with building an alternative to Bitcoin, he would steer engineering towards an Ethereum-like settlement layer.

I like @BanklessHQ and ethereum. I even like the ethereum design and vision. If you told me to go build an alternative to bitcoin, ethereum settlement layer focused design is what I would steer the engineering towards.

If that’s the vision, ethereum can just embrace all the…

— toly (@aeyakovenko) October 24, 2024

He explicitly noted Ethereum’s potential to embrace various execution environments, adding that eventually, alternative Layer 1 chains (alt L1s) will have data-validating bridges to enhance user security. According to him, these developments are inevitable, but require further technical refinements, like increasing blob capacity.

Yakovenko’s praise extends beyond Ethereum’s current state, emphasizing how Ethereum’s design could help it thrive as a global settlement layer. He also encouraged making technical changes to Solana that would align with these goals, suggesting there are no significant engineering barriers to building such a system.

However, Yakovenko acknowledged the possibility that this vision may not be as valuable as flawless execution, though he remains committed to realizing Solana’s ultimate potential in a way that synchronizes global information as efficiently as possible.

Building Solana for the Future

Yakovenko’s vision for Solana goes beyond its association with memecoins, which has become a focal point in discussions about the blockchain. While Solana has benefited from the memecoin trend, Yakovenko is determined to push the protocol further promoting SOL price..

Indeed, at the time of writing, Solana (SOL) is trading at $175.60, having surged by 1.87% in the past day and 15.32% in the past week.

Yakovenko aims to synchronize information globally and as rapidly as physics allows, steering Solana toward becoming a more robust platform. Temporary network setbacks like congestion and outages, he said, do not faze him. His commitment remains fixed on seeing Solana evolve to serve users on a larger scale, regardless of short-term fluctuations.