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[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

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[Mad Skulls @MadSkullsNFT]

Everyone knows the MadSkulls, the premier subset of @MadLadsNFT. But do you know the people behind these skull masks?

Skulls has the top builders, investors & users that push Solana & its ecosystem forward. Each week we shall highlight a few that you all know & love. Stay tuned.

[Mad Skulls @MadSkullsNFT]

Let us start by introducing the man who needs no introduction, Toly (@toly), founder of Solana Labs and holder of Skull #8902.

[Mad Skulls @MadSkullsNFT]

You cannot talk about Toly, and not introduce the other side of the coin, Raj Gokal (@rajgokal), cofounder of Solana Labs and holder of Skull #9595.

[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

@iamkadense @playtheheist @reaversnft Ouch! Painful (and expensive) memories!

[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

@NFTHero2 Grails! Personal preference low tops > high tops!

[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

@SolportTom @GraphiteProto @solBOOGLE Welcome @SolportTom

[NFT Doctor @NFTDoctor33]

The importance of selling narratives and how they affect your NFT bags.

A thread.

[KEMOSABE @KEMOS4BE]

A long-form reflections on the last few days, a post-mortem, if you will.

• Personal attacks at people who work at the Solana Foundation are unfair, and mostly noise but there is a signal underneath them, and, it isn't just "oh no the price is down."

• Writing off these attacks as frustration with "coin price down" is not healthy for anyone — piss off power users and you'll create powerful enemies (the only people still here are power users).

• There are fundamental comms problems within the ecosystem, and, this isn't just limited to the Foundation — the community has responsibility here as well.

• This is a decentralized ecosystem, the frustration doesn't, and can't, rest at one organization's foot. It is our responsibility.

• There are very talented and driven people working on this from both sides, but, it takes a lot of time and relationship building. Try to have patience.

• The Solana Foundation can't, legally, ethically, or morally, be in a centralized leadership position. Yes, we're a young ecosystem who needs central leaders/voices, but, those leaders can't be the entity who was born with the chain — for all of our sakes.

• It is a very tricky needle to thread: How do they provide support for an ecosystem without adding fuel to the SEC's fire? I don't know the answer here.

• People like @Austin_Federa, @MetaPsilo, @__arielle__, @voteforpedrito, are working their asses off trying to thread the impossible needle here. They're to be commended, taught, and learned from.

• It is clear that Solana as a whole (both the overall community and foundation) has been lackluster in empowering vocal, present, integrous, and effective leaders.

• I've met more hyper intelligent, integrous, empathetic people in this ecosystem than I've ever did prior in my 24 years of life.

• These people would be extremely effective leaders, but, the siloed/competitive nature of the ecosystem seems to keep people from rallying behind them in a meaningful way.

• The NFT ecosystem is insanely tribalistic and many are constantly at each others throats — tearing one another down because we don't like each others' jpegs, We miss the forest for the trees in a huge, damaging way. I've done this, we've all done this.

• Ecosystem teams are virtually unable to raise now and are hurting hugely — it is clear that many of them don't feel supported, and it is, generally, very unclear how they might get the support they need.

• The ecosystem is looking for a leader in an entity that fundamentally can't be one. This means we need those of you who see yourselves as potential leaders to step up and do the work.

• Solana's response to the SEC Wells Notice was lackluster — though the reason may be legally justified, the statements were miles away from Brian Armstrong's signal of strength. Though, I understand why it might have to be so, even though I'm not a lawyer.

• The community's response was lackluster too. Ecosystem teams & individuals don't want to hear that they have responsibility to our little network state. Individuals would rather tweet than do the meaningful work. Lawyers/legal experts didn't provide effective opinions.

• Everybody is tired, I'm tired — and I don't often get tired. Give people empathy, be generous, send people who might need it a few SOL or a cool jpeg.

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TLDR:

As @ASHAWONN said:

Leadership matters.

More than anything else right now.

We're lacking.

The Solana Foundation is filled with good, driven, empathetic intelligent people who are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Be kind.

We need more social leaders, entities, and initiatives that are not the Foundation or Labs.

Foundation/Labs needs to figure out how to effectively empower these leaders.

The community needs to figure out who these leader/entities are and unite behind them — stop fighting over your jpegs for a few months.

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These are just off-the-cuff honest reflections.

They aren't all full-formulated ideas so don't take them as such — just thinking out loud here.

Not intended to piss anyone off, but, open conversations like this are super important to having a healthy, productive, and prosperous community.

Thanks to my whole Twitter timeline for coloring these thoughts — but especially to @ASHAWONN, @_dreamfinder_, @meta_hess, and, of course, @SlorgoftheSlugs.

[Kadense Pengu°❗️❗️❗️ @iamkadense]

Sitting outside Starbucks in my Solana hoodie w/ my coffee cup this morning.

A random stranger passed by and dropped change in it.

Told me to keep my head up.

[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

Ah you think a bear market is your ally? You merely adopted the bear. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see a bull market until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding! The FUD betrays you because it belongs to me!

[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

@SerConnorr @MadLadsNFT @armaniferrante @yver__ @MadSkullsDAO Welcome!!!

[Mingo @MingoAirdrop]

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[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

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[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

@KEMOS4BE Sorry for your loss

[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

@solcasino Is there a Sol casino discord? Never received an airdrop

[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

@levicook @MadSkullsDAO $pepe says so

[OPOS @OPOScoin]

Airdrop SZN $OPOS

[Daedalus @lordaedalus]

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