SOL Co-Founder Raj Gokal Says That SOL Could Be “Apple” Of Crypto

Solana (SOL) co-founder Raj Gokal is optimistic about the layer-1 competitor to Ethereum (ETH) in the long run.

Gokal told TechCrunch+ that Solana could become as big in the crypto space as Apple is in the consumer goods market.

“Solana has the potential to be the Apple of crypto.

I think about Apple, having worked for close to a decade on latency for touchscreens to allow for the iPhone to come out and it just felt like magic.

There were a lot of things to be built on top of that platform to get the iPhone and App Store and app ecosystem to where it is today. But it all started with one relentless focus on a simple interaction that had to work perfectly.”

Gokal says that Solana’s tech team and ecosystem are focusing on user experience and performance in an Apple-like way to make sure that the network “feels like the regular internet, even though it’s a whole new financial internet.”

The co-founder of Solana says that the layer-1 blockchain will focus on growth in the future.

“The core thesis is going to be [focused on] new businesses, new projects, independent developers. We are still in an ecosystem and a community that is optimistic about what two developers in a garage can do.”

Gokal says that the Solana blockchain-based smartphone, which came out last month, will help more people use crypto goods and services without needing a computer.