
From Storage Engineer to Building Solana Infrastructure: A Deep Dive with Brennan Watt, CEO of Anza
Solana is about to get dramatically faster, and the knock-on effects could reshape everything from trading to wallets to on-chain apps. Brennan Watt CEO of Anza breaks down the 200 millisecond slot shift, the 10x rent reduction, and the hidden protocol changes that make the upgrade possible.
Website: anza.xyz Follow on X: @bw_solana
From Storage Engineer to Building Solana Infrastructure: A Deep Dive with Brennan Watt, CEO of Anza
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