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Solana's Yakovenko ranks five apps above validators and developers

  • —Yakovenko listed Phantom, Pump.fun, Fomo, Jupiter and Kamino as priority apps
  • —He cited AUM and retail volume as the two key measures, without giving figures
  • —The Oct. 23 post responded to criticism that Ethereum's designers don't use their own network
  • —He praised the Ethereum Foundation for optimizing for Aave but announced no Solana changes
Why it matters: Signals that Solana may tilt network optimization toward large apps rather than validators and core developers.
Source: crypto.news