AI, Fees, and the Future of Solana Development

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Yakovenko also floated a more radical idea: using Solana’s network fees to fund AI-assisted development. Rather than relying on a small group of core teams, future protocol upgrades could be driven by a broad contributor base—and potentially even automated systems that help write and improve code.

“You should always count on there being a next version of Solana,” Yakovenko said, underscoring his belief that continuous upgrades are a feature, not a flaw. In this model, decentralization comes not from freezing the protocol in time, but from ensuring no single actor controls how it evolves.

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funding dev with network fees actually feels way more sustainable than vibes and grants