Aidan Mott

Aidan Mott, a research analyst at Messari and an expert in blockchain technology, dives into the recent 17-hour outage of Solana's network. He reveals the triggers behind the disruption, including an IDO that flooded the system with transactions. The conversation examines how Solana's response compares to past outages on other blockchains and discusses the implications for decentralization. Mott also touches on potential vulnerabilities ahead and the challenges of validators running the same client, raising important questions about the network's resilience.