12) There's a whole world that could live on-chain, and right now DeFi is mostly re-wrapping stablecoin wrappers for yield.
And so we started from scratch: what's the best thing we could build?
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15) The project started to take shape. It may not look like much, but this is the world's least sexy matching engine.
explorer.solana.com/address/9o1Fis
It's also one of the fastest on-chain ones.
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16) As I write this, SRM is at $2.10. By the time I post it, maybe it'll be at $3, or $1; who knows! Crypto is wild.
But more importantly, after months of sleepless nights spend at the office, Serum is imminent.
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17) The ecosystem is growing!
See here for people building on Serum:
projectserum.com/integrations
And here for people gearing up to run a node:
projectserum.com/node-list
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19) And, finally, a fucking awesome txid, hot off the blockchain:
explorer.solana.com/tx/4UmA4PBgGSU
This is the first trade ever done on Project Serum.
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20) Features will be rolling out over the next few weeks, including a functional, usable product.
We're really excited about all the interest we've gotten in using Serum.
And if you're looking to build, see the beginnings of the Serum source code here: projectserum.com/developer-reso
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Very impressive work Sam.
Are you still doing the 80.000 hours thing? (If I remember correctly you've mentioned this)
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