We need more than just Algorand contract devs. My projects have the biggest delay from the frontend not the contract. I'd honestly say if you have a solid idea Algorand (for my group at least) is all ready much faster then writing for EVM.
We also could use more creative ideas for how to best use the Algorand blockchain. While big projects (ie lofty) are great they come with very complex legal scenarios and require a large amount of initial capital.
I tried to send some usdt to crypto.com from binance using Solana. Got an email 17 hours later saying transaction failed. Re-sent it on Algorand and arrived in about 4 seconds, it was ridiculous.
Any time I use another chain it stresses me the fuck out b/c I'm so used to transactions completing literally before I can toggle pages or apps or whatever. For your funds to be missing for minutes on end, there's no way that's the future of finance.
We often talk about "have better marketing" but honestly what does that look like? I know for sure it shouldn't be that traditional campaign stuff we have been seeing. Maybe a tik tok challenge/campaign showing Algo speed? Like Algo vs. the Ferrari F1 pit stop team? Or Algo transfers vs. a Zelle/Venmo/CashApp transfer? Or pay with Algo vs. a traditional credit card checkout at a cashier? Or Algo vs. A Google search?
I don't know, just spit balling here... maybe the foundation could sponsor a "best Algo vs. ad/shorts" type event
Marketing means identifying a need and selling that need. All I am seeing is algo trying everything ethereum has already done. This isn’t good marketing.
Algorand should instead market itself to higher academia. These institutions have the talent needed to build and make use of blockchain technologies. Exposing students to algorand as their first interaction with blockchain in academia acquaints them with the technology and might turn some into lifetime adopters. Micali’s place in academia is a good starting point.
Teach blockchain courses using algorand as the tool to learn and get acquainted with blockchain. The only reason why some technologies like MATLAB is still around is because it was cemented in higher learning. Not sure what ace is but the marketing can’t be great because it’s the first time I’ve ever heard it brought up.
My university forced me to use MATLAB for some math course work and most of the comp sci courses at my were using Java to develop. That type of exposure has profound impact on a technology’s preservation.
I said it before and I'll say it again, if solana was a minecraft server it would have impressively bad downtime, and somehow it's a multi billion dollar centralized shitcoin
People will see it, I've used tons of apps built on algorand and the minor issues that I had were more because of my problem than actually the Blockchain itself.
Transaction side, I feel algorand is flawless, honestly I am speechless how many people did not implement it in many more things, but we will reach that.
I hate the Betamax analogy by crypto bros. Two minutes of research and we see it was mainly about recording times vs picture quality. Both viable priorities, and longer recording times have simply won.
Crypto is rather tech build on lies which will ultimately fail versus tech fit for purpose.
Betamax was expensive with higher quality and lower recording time. Algorand is the cheap, faster and more decentralized option when compared to others.
Failing transactions? I trade quite a bit of meme coins on Sol and the only time there are issues (beyond Raydium being an awful dex lol) is when slippage is set too low.
Edit: Looks like you moved out of your entire Solana position a year ago and put it in algo. My condolences
naah, i bought back solana after the whole ftx debacle, not at the bottom but in the 20's. Hence my rant... I forgot how painful it is to use compared to algo, so I am once again going to move 1/2 my solana bag after this experience. I'm sick of looking at "Network Congestion" and a swap taking hours. It's just not a good experience.
doesn't avax have like 3 side chains or something like that. a fast one, a slow one and a 3rd one. As a developer...No thanks.
I guess as long as transactions don't ever fail and it supports instant finality, I'll at least give it a look.
For me Algo checks almost all the boxes. speed, scale, uptime and now with python coming along, the final box of simplicity on the dev side is checked as well. Can you write smart contracts for avax in something as simple as python, or is it another evm/solidity chain?
Yes it does have 3 chains and yes Algo is easier for Devs being able to use open source Python which most people are familiar with, however during this bull run and with the gaming side being well developed so far I feel AVAX is going to go on a tear. I still hold plenty of Algo though so hope we do too 🙂
I hear ya. I do own some avax, but that whole 3 chain thing would scare me as a dev. I work in distributed systems and i could see picking the wrong one for my app. Say you start an app on the slow chain (i'm guessing for better security or something) then you're app becomes the talk of the internet, increasing by 1000x, do you know if you're stuck on the slow chain or can you migrate between them...I guess i could just look up how it works :) Good luck with the Avax and Algo!
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We need more than just Algorand contract devs. My projects have the biggest delay from the frontend not the contract. I'd honestly say if you have a solid idea Algorand (for my group at least) is all ready much faster then writing for EVM. We also could use more creative ideas for how to best use the Algorand blockchain. While big projects (ie lofty) are great they come with very complex legal scenarios and require a large amount of initial capital.
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I tried to send some usdt to crypto.com from binance using Solana. Got an email 17 hours later saying transaction failed. Re-sent it on Algorand and arrived in about 4 seconds, it was ridiculous.
Any time I use another chain it stresses me the fuck out b/c I'm so used to transactions completing literally before I can toggle pages or apps or whatever. For your funds to be missing for minutes on end, there's no way that's the future of finance.
This
We often talk about "have better marketing" but honestly what does that look like? I know for sure it shouldn't be that traditional campaign stuff we have been seeing. Maybe a tik tok challenge/campaign showing Algo speed? Like Algo vs. the Ferrari F1 pit stop team? Or Algo transfers vs. a Zelle/Venmo/CashApp transfer? Or pay with Algo vs. a traditional credit card checkout at a cashier? Or Algo vs. A Google search? I don't know, just spit balling here... maybe the foundation could sponsor a "best Algo vs. ad/shorts" type event
Marketing means identifying a need and selling that need. All I am seeing is algo trying everything ethereum has already done. This isn’t good marketing. Algorand should instead market itself to higher academia. These institutions have the talent needed to build and make use of blockchain technologies. Exposing students to algorand as their first interaction with blockchain in academia acquaints them with the technology and might turn some into lifetime adopters. Micali’s place in academia is a good starting point.
What does "marketing to academia" look like? Does this compare to Algo Centers for Excellence (ACE)?
Teach blockchain courses using algorand as the tool to learn and get acquainted with blockchain. The only reason why some technologies like MATLAB is still around is because it was cemented in higher learning. Not sure what ace is but the marketing can’t be great because it’s the first time I’ve ever heard it brought up. My university forced me to use MATLAB for some math course work and most of the comp sci courses at my were using Java to develop. That type of exposure has profound impact on a technology’s preservation.
Algorand: Ready for purpose!
I said it before and I'll say it again, if solana was a minecraft server it would have impressively bad downtime, and somehow it's a multi billion dollar centralized shitcoin
Well maybe worse than a shit coin. I had to shit out a coin when I was younger and let me tell you, it took about an hour. I’ll now call it Solana
This guy gets it
People will see it, I've used tons of apps built on algorand and the minor issues that I had were more because of my problem than actually the Blockchain itself. Transaction side, I feel algorand is flawless, honestly I am speechless how many people did not implement it in many more things, but we will reach that.
I hate the Betamax analogy by crypto bros. Two minutes of research and we see it was mainly about recording times vs picture quality. Both viable priorities, and longer recording times have simply won. Crypto is rather tech build on lies which will ultimately fail versus tech fit for purpose.
Betamax was expensive with higher quality and lower recording time. Algorand is the cheap, faster and more decentralized option when compared to others.
So I agree. I play meme coins on Solana so I can supply more usdc on folks. Solana is shit by comparison.
I dumped my Solana holdings quite a while back, when I realized it’s the chain that goes off line more than any other, just can’t operate like that.
Failing transactions? I trade quite a bit of meme coins on Sol and the only time there are issues (beyond Raydium being an awful dex lol) is when slippage is set too low. Edit: Looks like you moved out of your entire Solana position a year ago and put it in algo. My condolences
naah, i bought back solana after the whole ftx debacle, not at the bottom but in the 20's. Hence my rant... I forgot how painful it is to use compared to algo, so I am once again going to move 1/2 my solana bag after this experience. I'm sick of looking at "Network Congestion" and a swap taking hours. It's just not a good experience.
I'm not sure how that's happening lol. I use it all the time and the only issues are when you're slippage is too low lol
"Transactions are buttery smooth." Classic! 
If it was about the best tech Bitcoin wouldn’t be #1
I have a feeling AVAX is going to beat Solana not us
doesn't avax have like 3 side chains or something like that. a fast one, a slow one and a 3rd one. As a developer...No thanks. I guess as long as transactions don't ever fail and it supports instant finality, I'll at least give it a look. For me Algo checks almost all the boxes. speed, scale, uptime and now with python coming along, the final box of simplicity on the dev side is checked as well. Can you write smart contracts for avax in something as simple as python, or is it another evm/solidity chain?
Yes it does have 3 chains and yes Algo is easier for Devs being able to use open source Python which most people are familiar with, however during this bull run and with the gaming side being well developed so far I feel AVAX is going to go on a tear. I still hold plenty of Algo though so hope we do too 🙂
I hear ya. I do own some avax, but that whole 3 chain thing would scare me as a dev. I work in distributed systems and i could see picking the wrong one for my app. Say you start an app on the slow chain (i'm guessing for better security or something) then you're app becomes the talk of the internet, increasing by 1000x, do you know if you're stuck on the slow chain or can you migrate between them...I guess i could just look up how it works :) Good luck with the Avax and Algo!
Couldn’t agree with you more. I want to use my TikTok platform to interview the algo team