Solana co-founder says projects built outside its main network are not Solana

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has rejected the idea that projects operating outside the network’s main blockchain should be considered part of Solana, following a public disagreement with the founder of decentralized trading platform BULK. Summary Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said projects operating outside Solana’s main blockchain are effectively independent networks. His remarks followed BULK’s announcement that it intends to expand its trading platform across multiple blockchains. BULK founder kdot said the platform needs its own execution infrastructure to support faster trading and risk management. Yakovenko acknowledged backing BULK’s founders but said his priority remains products operating directly on Solana. BULK plans to connect collateral from networks including Arc, Tempo, Arbitrum and HyperEVM to a shared trading system. In an October 29 post on X, Yakovenko argued that any project running outside Solana’s layer-1 (L1) blockchain effectively operates as an independent network. His comments came after BULK announced plans to connect its trading infrastructure to several blockchains, moving beyond its original focus on the Solana ecosystem. If it’s not on th...