Who is Anatoly Yakovenko – The story of the creator of Solana that you were never told

Anatoly Yakovenko, this Ukrainian born in 1981 who moved to the US in the 90s, is not just another random CEO in the crypto world. I confess that I have always had a certain distrust of these "geniuses" who appear out of nowhere, but this guy's story is different.

I worked with programming for years and I know well that experience in high-performance systems is not gained overnight. Yakovenko worked hard for 10 years at giants like Qualcomm and Dropbox before getting into this blockchain madness. While other crypto influencers were promising the world without delivering anything, this guy was putting in the effort, creating systems that actually work.

His passion for programming started early, and he was one of the first to get his hands on Bitcoin mining. But it didn't stop there - when he realized the scalability limitations in existing blockchains, he didn't just complain in online forums like many of us - he went out and invented the damn "Proof of History"!

This shit completely changed the game. When everyone said that fast blockchains would have to sacrifice security or decentralization, Yakovenko and his team proved otherwise with Solana. I have suffered firsthand with absurd fees from other networks, so when Solana appeared in 2017, I confess I doubted.

But unlike so many empty promises I've seen in this casino market, Solana delivered. Fast, cheap, and robust - even with some outages along the way. It's impressive how a guy who came from nothing managed to create something that makes the market dinosaurs tremble.

Yakovenko could have been rich just from his years at Qualcomm, but he risked everything for a vision. It's no wonder that Solana is today one of the most advanced blockchains. While the pseudocreators of meme coins pocket millions without building anything, this guy was creating a technology that will endure long after this speculative bubble bursts.

Those who underestimate the importance of Yakovenko in this market understand nothing about technology. And I must say, I'm not a fan of personality cults in this crypto world, but this is a story that deserves to be told.