Building from the code up (ft. Anatoly Yakovenko)

CDPod's Yuga Cohler sits down with co-founder of Solana, Anatoly Yakovenko, to discuss the origins of Solana, building on SVM, stablecoins coming onchain, x402, and more.

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Follow Anatoly: x.com/aeyakovenko

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro / Guest welcome
00:35 Coinbase Developer Podcast intro
00:42 CDP multi-chain and Solana support
01:22 Qualcomm background & lessons
08:00 Solana origin & PoH eureka
13:16 Stablecoins, demand & ledgers
21:47 Competing L1s & Solana positioning
24:08 EVM vs SVM and developer selection
27:49 Open participation and network flywheel
28:10 Percolator and AI coding workflow
28:53 AI copilots
36:39 x402, web auth & AI agents
37:07 Eliminating API keys and web2 auth issues
38:59 Blockchain as a new base layer
39:47 Crypto rails simpler than legacy systems
41:36 Closing and wrap-up
44:08 Thanks and closing statements