The ColdRiver

Researcher || Writer || Guardian @solflare

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

Defining @solflare with just one word is a difficult task. This is because In the few years I've spent in Crypto, Solflare has meant a variety of things to me.
However, I must choose one word.

"SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS" is that word. Reasons below 👇🏽

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@dfwgreat @ShiftRWA Good writing 👏🏽

[G𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 @dfwgreat]

◆ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮

A hundred years ago, the financial opportunities available to you were largely determined by where you happened to be born.

If you lived in London, you had access to one set of markets.

If you lived in New York, another.

If you lived somewhere outside the world's financial centers, your options were smaller still.

The internet changed how information moved.

A message could travel across continents in seconds.

Knowledge became global.

Communication became global.

Yet financial markets remained surprisingly local.

Access still depended on jurisdictions, intermediaries, operating hours, and systems built long before the internet existed.

That gap is exactly why the conversation around RWAs matters today.

And it's also why projects like Shift are getting attention.

🧵

@ShiftRWA

[Solflare - The Solana Wallet @solflare]

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[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@dfwgreat @solflare Yeahh 🤝

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

Defining @solflare with just one word is a difficult task. This is because In the few years I've spent in Crypto, Solflare has meant a variety of things to me.
However, I must choose one word.

"SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS" is that word. Reasons below 👇🏽

[Amiola. (Solana arc) @AmiolaOnifade]

Most blockchains were built to replace the traditional finance.

I can boldly say that Solana is the one out of the few blockchains that keep up with the vision of mass adoption.

Solana edges most blockchains in terms of:

1. Speed.
2. Mass adoption
3. Gud Tech.
4. Affordability.

From the words of Mary, you can attest to the above. She and her partner initially started building on Ethereum, but they had to migrate to the Polygon testnet, and then they finally started building on Solana.

Mary's experience in her early days still reminds her of the slick experience she had using Phantom.

She remarked on the blockchain technology where users had to pay $5+ in gas fees, whereas in reality, the technology it is meant to replace charges less.

All of this would naturally drive positive growth and development towards the ecosystem, the reason why Mary and her partners chose to build Loopscale on Solana.

The clip below emphasis on how Solana is open to everyone, irrespective of whether you are a builder, consumer or a creative.

GSolana.

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@AmiolaOnifade GSolana!

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@AmiolaOnifade @solflare Solflare is huge and deserves a huge word 🌝

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@Dee_Orakle @solflare Worth it though 😅

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@defi_mordecai @solflare It's got everything we need, and still shipping more

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@DChiogbonda @solflare Well 🌝

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@JoshFlashAY @solflare Absolutely 🤝

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

Good thing I no longer have to sell my SOL for USDC when making purchases, plus I can still earn yield on my collateral. Damn!

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

If this was available on the 1st of December, 2023, I'd be a millionaire by now.

I still remember having to sell all of my SOL for USDC to pay for items I bought. SOL was less than 60 USD then and just weeks later, SOL crossed 110 USD.

Kudos to Solflare for this. 🤝

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[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

3. Solflare is SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS: My first crypto wallet was Solflare. My first job in crypto was facilitated by Solflare. My first founder interview was with Filip of Solflare. My first big account follower on X was Solflare. To me, Solflare is..? Right!

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

2. Solflare has provided a SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS home. Everybody has a place in the Solflare community whether guardian or not. Picture that feeling you get when you return home from a long trip. That's how Solflare feels to me. Our word captures that feeling.

[The ColdRiver @the_coldriver]

@mirminu_ @rolandayd They should, they really should.