Seb Montgomery from validator.com: "In one week there was half a million wallets downloaded" - EP24
In this episode we spoke with Seb Montgomery (Seb Monty / validator.com) on moving from Australia to Portugal, his path from construction to crypto, early Phantom support (30K → 1.5M users), Degen Academy & NFT history, 1,000+ Solana educational videos, content ethics & shilling, Meteora & Solana Seeker, validator.com, stake centralisation, distribution for builders, meme-coin cycles, AI & skill files for crypto education, and why to stake with smaller validators. https://x.com/SebMontgomery https://www.validator.com https://www.youtube.com/c/SebMontgomery https://www.sebmonty.link
Seb Montgomery from validator.com: "In one week there was half a million wallets downloaded" - EP24
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