Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana. excited Another discussion about decentralization on social media.
In his latest social media post, Yakovenko claims that Solana has already surpassed Ethereum in terms of its decentralized nature.
Moreover, according to Solana’s founder, the emerging network may already have surpassed Bitcoin itself.
“Solana is closer to Satoshi’s level of decentralization than Ethereum, and maybe even beyond Satoshi at this point,” Yakovenko argued.
“Laptop” controversy
Of course, Yakovenko’s provocative comments immediately gained a lot of attention on social media. Solana frequently faced criticism due to embarrassing downtime caused by technical mishaps.
However, Solana’s co-founders pointed out that Solana’s high hardware requirements are a barrier to entry.
Yakovenko emphasized that anyone can run Solana nodes on their laptop.
He is likely referring to the ability to run “light clients” or non-voting nodes that allow users to see the state of the ledger on their own without the need for industrial-grade server racks.
In late 2025, he argued that decentralization does not necessarily depend on a token distribution model.
“My strongest view is that a properly constructed proof-of-stake network is sufficiently decentralized, regardless of stake allocation, ownership, or value,” Yakovenko said in December 2025.
Last August, Yakovenko said Solana has been and will continue to be decentralized. “A full node running without permission is enough for anyone to join any part of the stack. Unlike Security Council multisig, there is no way for the rest of the network to steal users’ funds. That’s the difference,” he said at the time.
