Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Lily Liu explains why Solana focuses on positive-sum culture:
"Another thing that we try to be good at, and we really try to be good at this at the foundation, is to always look for positive-sum games. Because it's easy to find the zero-sum games. Those are the ones that are standing front and center.
But there's almost always these positive-sum games that can exist. And to me, one of the fun things that we get to do is we get to constantly search for those and be able to invest resources in them and try to make this happen."
Lily Liu explains why Solana focuses on positive-sum culture:
"Another thing that we try to be good at, and we really try to be good at this at the foundation, is to always look for positive-sum games. Because it's easy to find the zero-sum games. Those are the ones that are standing front and center.
But there's almost always these positive-sum games that can exist. And to me, one of the fun things that we get to do is we get to constantly search for those and be able to invest resources in them and try to make this happen."
![Your Company Needs a Vision — Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko
You have to have some vision that youre building towards. Whenever I heard these stories, like before starting a company, none of that sunk in. It all seemed like BS. But you actually do need to have some vision that youre constantly betting on, blindly. Because only the company that builds us fast towards the right thing will survive.
And you have no idea if youre building towards the right thing, but you kind of have to make a gut decision. Cheaper, faster transactions are the most important thing [for Solana].
-Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko at Accerlate Miami 2026
Watch the full interview:
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