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Jerry Li retweeted
12 days to Breakpoint. 13 days to License to Spend.
Come Londonmax with us and @raincards.
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November 16, 5 PM. London.
Save the date.
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Jerry Li retweeted
Rain is now a @Mastercard Principal Member.
That means greater choice for our partners, backed by the same stablecoin-powered authorization and settlement technology under the hood. Partners will be able to offer cards that work everywhere Mastercard is accepted across 210+ countries and territories.
Read more: rain.xyz/resources/rain-is-n…
Jerry Li retweeted
The future is being built on Solana. And Solana wants to help you🫵build it.
Join our Founder Success accelerators @Pedromiranda and @_JerryLi as they host Office Hours during the first day of Breakpoint '25.
They've put together a roster of the best minds in the ecosystem to give you the feedback, perspective and support you need to help you turn your product idea or MVP into the next big thing!
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& more will be on hand to share nuggets of wisdom and inspiration, and give you real insight into taking your product to the next level.
Apply at the link below 🔽
Jerry Li retweeted
Wake up babe, @solana just got its own kickstarter! 🎉
Back @SOLYD_STORE as they're raising to make premium Crypto themed poker sets, and benefit if they're successful.
Limited supply. FCFS.
Live now 👇
Jerry Li retweeted
1. Resilience
Perena is named after perennial flowers. The perennial doesn't survive because it's the prettiest flower. It survives because it's not afraid of winters.
2. Fail fast
It's not that Numéraire couldn't work. It very well would've (and still might!), but it wasn't generating enough revenue for us or our LPs.
Shutting down a points program was daunting, but we did it and continued building. I wish we failed faster.
3. Find PMF or die trying
YC says this. I thought crypto could ignore the basics with pumpanomics. I was wrong.
4. Roadmap is a prayer, not a promise
Our May roadmap was ambitious. We hit some milestones, and we missed others. That's okay.
The point isn't to predict perfectly. It's to move with intention and articulate thoughts, but have the humility to adapt when reality disagrees.
I used to see pivots as a failure of not thinking things through, now I embrace them as part of the ride. Perena has pivoted once, and I know we can and will change course again.
5. Make revenue
Another YC cliché I ignored. "We're building infrastructure, revenue comes later." No. Revenue is signal. Revenue means someone values what you built enough to pay for it.
6. Stop counting competitors
It can feel like the stablecoin space is insanely crowded with neobanks and delta-neutral synthetics.
The question isn't how many teams are building, it's whether the TAM is tapped. It's the same for AI, phones, or really any revolutionary technology.
Majority of the world hasn't touched onchain money yet, so there's our answer.
7. Fomo copy and get rekt
Everyone (esp. VCs) will tell you "study XXX, they crushed it." 2 months later that XXX might be the worst PR headline of the year.
The next home run won't come from copying the last one.
8. Max simplify
Perena aimed to build stablecoin infrastructure to redefine money. However, after months of "research", I shifted from first principled reasoning to way overthinking.
The simple question: how do we make money better?
9. Talent doesn't fit in your box
In the beginning, I pigeonholed myself looking for Solana devs with DeFi background. Turns out some of the best people I've met came from totally unexpected backgrounds.
10. Surround yourself with those who inspire and energize you
Life is too short to talk to boring people.
Jerry Li retweeted
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You’ve shaved your head, chugged your beers and drunk your coffee.
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And we want to help you win.
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Who needs to be in this room? 👇
Jerry Li retweeted
Drip is bringing instant packs, powered by Solana, to their 2 million+ collectors🔥
The first drop is live: PSA 10 Pokémon slabs
🚀 Big day! Drip is now live on @solana in beta!
Drip is a social commerce platform where 2M+ collectors and 3K creators buy, sell & stream collectibles live — along with instant pack drops, giveaways, and rewards.
🧵See below for more about us & our first drop!
Jerry Li retweeted
We’re back in control of @wormdotwtf handle! 😮💨🪱🪱
Huge Wormy hugs to everyone who helped especially @solana @alliance @evandolgow @_JerryLi @pedromiranda and X Support Team 🙏 🙇♂️
The support from Solana has been exemplary, we’re proud to build on @solana with such strong community and founder support 💜
🫡🪱🪱
Jerry Li retweeted
you can now bet on @Polymarket directly with $SOL in your Solana wallet
no need to deposit to polymarket or on polygon
coming soon to a trading terminal near you
Jerry Li retweeted
we spent 4 years building on ethereum and base. nothing took off.
6 months ago, we moved to @solana
launched addicted → $3.5M in revenue in 48h, flipping pumpfun’s 24h rev.
if you’re still building on base or any eth L2, you’re wasting your potential.
solana isn’t just faster and more scalable. it’s the best place for consumer apps to find pmf.
here’s why:
1
base and ethereum feel like closed dinner parties.
we launched 6+ products on base. got zero support. meanwhile, base kept shilling zora, farcaster, and their “inner circle.” they even launched their own memecoin ($2.5M mc rn lol)
if you’re not part of their “inner circle” or building what they like, you just get ignored.
solana is the opposite.
they treat builders as the core. they don’t judge what you’re building. they connect you with other teams and help push your product to the public.
we came to solana with zero connections, zero track record, and yet the foundation gave us so much support and helped our product win.
2
a chain’s attitude sets the vibe for its entire ecosystem.
these "inner circle" vibes are deeply built in base and eth ecosystem. you end up spending more time trying to make cool frens than actually building.
after 6 months building on solana, we were shocked by how open and supportive solana builders are. they reply fast, offer real help, and push each other forward. @MeteoraAG is the perfect example.
solana is open and builder-first. the whole ecosystem follows that.
base and ethereum aren’t.
that's what ppl call “culture”
3
on base and ethereum, there’s a massive disconnect between users and builders.
most builders treat speculation like a disease and try to build “serious” products for imaginary users.
even worse, the direction of these ecosystems is decided top-down. base and ethereum pick what’s “cool” instead of letting trends form naturally from users and communities.
solana doesn’t do that. they let builders experiment and help figure it out.
that’s why biggest consumer apps are all on solana:
pumpfun, axiom, moonshot, helium, believe, jupiter, collector crypt, phygitals, vector, bags...
and its only getting started.
first up - season 2 of addicted
the biggest survival game in crypto history.
and we'll keep dropping new viral games, all on solana.
stay tuned on @pndmdotorg
just build on solana.
Jerry Li retweeted
Happening soon today 🤝
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