The irrational hatred the Solana supporters have for Cardano has reached conspiracy-obsessed-uncle-at-Thanksgiving-dinner levels. Like, you know when someone is talking to you about their ex and they start listing off everything their partner did wrong, but after a while you realize maybe your friend was the problem. That’s how Solana people feel to me at this point.
And I am not here trying to sing the praises of ADA. That bunch is almost as irrational. But it’s only the SOL people saying things like, “If you use Cardano you’ll get genital Herpes.” Wait, I thought Cardano was a ghost chain? Can you get herpes from ghosts?
Seriously, SOL feels like that guy from high school who was on the football team. He would get drunk and talk about beating up “queers.,” but ten years later he married one of his teammates. It’s obvious to everyone that you SOL bros are ADA-curious. And there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s OK. This is a safe place. No one is going to judge you for experimenting with other chains. It doesn’t make you a bad person. Just do it already. You might find out you really like it. Having a little ADA in your wallet doesn’t mean you’re in love with Charles. But having ETH in your wallet means you’re totally gay for Vitalik.
Ben Aronson is a self-proclaimed tech rebel and blockchain evangelist with a vendetta against the status quo. When he’s not ranting about central banks or corporate greed, he’s dissecting code, dreaming of a decentralized utopia, and plotting how crypto can set fire to every outdated institution standing in its way. Equal parts cynic and visionary, Ben writes with a passion for tech disruption and a healthy dose of “burn it all down” energy.