A great crypto thesis: @Solana will disrupt @Apple, @Samsung, @google and cloud service providers @Microsoft and @amazon

Yes, that’s right. I’m not talking about Ethereum, Polygon, Cardano, Avalanche, Hedera, or any other chain. And no, I’m not talking about the Saga phone. I’m talking about the world of software applications. I think Solana in particular will be the crypto winner in this domain by a wide margin. Let’s talk about why…

The application layer

Imagine you buy a new phone. It doesn’t matter which brand, but imagine that this phone costs you $1000, and it’s better than an iPhone. Way better. It’s loaded up with all the apps you expect, but they are better than the Apple equivalents.

The calendar/to-do apps are all built by third parties, so you can pick which ones you like the most, but they all integrate seamlessly together. They can share your data between them. Want to switch to a new calendar app? Just download it, and you don’t even need to migrate your data to the new app. It’s already there when you open the app.

Now imagine you open your navigation app, and all those calendar events are loaded into it, and it offers a screen that tells you the estimated commute times for each event location. No app integrations necessary.

Not only that, but you can open a random restaurant recommendation app, and an AI model will look at your travel patterns, grocery preferences, and pre-existing eating habits, and automatically recommend 10 new restaurants that you’re going to love. But you’re feeling more adventurous, and you speak to it, saying, “I was actually thinking about trying out Himalayan food, preferably not too expensive” and it produces a nice (probably small) list of options. You say, “schedule a date with my wife for tomorrow at that second one on the list,” and it creates a calendar event, invites your wife (who uses a totally different calendar app), and makes the reservation for you.