A few months ago Frontier Traders was an idea @yo_itsmatt, @vibhu and I had to turbo charge the ecosystem and build the greatest trading community the world has ever seen The idea is simple enough. Solana has the potential to flip the modern financial world on its head but it's missing a universal community. Something everyone can rally behind regardless of where they are from or where they trade We spent the past few months laser focused on how to make this a global program that works for all our users The answer is here Season 1 is live. Eight weeks, $1M+ in rewards, a focus on perps via Phoenix and Solflare, with leaderboards, crates and a new campaign every week And to top it all off - this November eight legendary traders will sit down in London and one of them walks out the first Frontier World Champion with a 911 GT3 RS This is the start of a new era for @solana - one that is narrowly focused on its traders at the frontier of the world's most exciting market

It is really important that more builders make their voice heard like Eugene has here We cannot possibly make Solana the best place for trading onchain if builders do not shape the development of the protocol

Very proud of the work the team has done to get more traders active on @solana If you want money back for trading on Solana all you have to do is apply and trade It's that easy Net new users are the lifeblood of any chain and the Solana Foundation is making it our priority

The next generation of decentralized, onchain, trustless perps will be built on @solana and we are here to make it happen If you are building anything to help accelerate the adoption of onchain perps reach out now DMs are always open The future of onchain trading demands a new market structure. Come build it with us

A few thoughts on a random Friday: 1/ Community building is critical for ANY product and the health of your community directly correlates to how they show up in public and how they react to feedback. 2/ If you are building anything that adds value to Solana DeFi and or trading feel free to reach out. I will always do what I can to help builders where possible. NOW, I will say, projects that contribute more to onchain activity and REV will warrant far more attention and support. Imo (not speaking on behalf of my team here) the Solana Foundation should do all it can to add value to Solana the L1, Im constantly shocked by how often this is misinterpreted. Hybrid models are fine but they do not provide nearly as much value to the chain as they could. 3/ push Solana to its limits and voice the challenges you face often. If we are going to push this network forward we all need to learn and grow together. Its rather simple: Building on @solana means building on the L1. This is in our DNA. Its hard work but we wake up every day and do it because we all believe it is the future of finance.