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Notes from the show

Solana content creator and educator, Andy (aka SolAndy), makes a guest appearance. Andy shares his background and how he first started creating content for the Solana ecosystem. (It was with bounties!)

After not participating in the MadLad, Nick gave in an purchased a MadLad. Andy describe the experience of minting MadLabs through the xNFT directly in the Backpack wallet.

As educators, James and Andy talk about what they think is the best of how to learn Solana development: project based learning. And why some good developer content appears more over others on platforms like YouTube.

Fun fact: Did you know that Andy used to be a university professor?

Find Andy online

Twitter - https://twitter.com/HeyAndyS
YouTube - https://youtube.com/solandy

Links from the show

Nick gave in a purchased a MadLad
The Solana Course (hosted on SolDev)
Andy's video version of the Solana Course

Solana news from the week

Google announced a web3 accelerator, and Solana Foundation is sponsoring
Circle just announced the Cross Chain Transfer Protocol, allowing transferring USDC between blockchains
MadLads are selling like hot cakes. Many sub DAOs are being formed
- $1.5m per day in sales, with all of solana doing $4m
The Floor NFT app announced they will be adding Solana support in the coming weeks
The new solana web3js package is making great strides
production Saga phones are starting to be delivered
Sharky fi paid out their first reward pool
You can now purchase Bonfida names using Brave’s BAT

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