Solana Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko Clarifies Rivalry Is with L2s, Not Ethereum

• No blockchain network will match Solana’s decentralization in two years.
• Solana started as a rival to Ethereum from the beginning.
• SOL has experienced mixed fortunes in 2025.

The debate between top blockchains Solana and Ethereum over their decentralization capacities intensified with Anza’s Lead Economist, Max Resnick, claiming that Solana’s decentralization is incomparable to other blockchains, including Ethereum. 

Resnick asserted that many other blockchains only claim to be decentralized and that none can achieve what Solana will be able to in the next two years.

We are fighting alone and we are going to win. Solana is one of the last places in crypto where there is still hope that decentralized systems can outperform centralized ones. We have hope because we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Centralized systems can't do what… https://t.co/ANnVFO0eUY

— Max Resnick (@MaxResnick1) June 23, 2025

The Rivalry with Ethereum and its L2s

Since its inception, Solana has often been labeled an “Ethereum Killer” due to its focus on providing a highly scalable base layer. The rivalry continued between the Solana and Ethereum communities…

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