"Solana is not an Ethereum killer" - Solana founder

Despite this, Solana has long cemented its reputation as an "Ether killer." It has even led to a confrontation between the communities of these networks.

Speaking on the English-language podcast Decrypt gm, Anatoly Yakovenko tried to deal with the "Ethereum killer" narrative. According to the Solana founder, the creators of the network don't really view blockchain through this lens. 

Even though they are in direct competition, Solana is not really "trying to kill" Ethereum. This also follows from Anatoly's words.

The founder said that there have been times when the Solana team has evaluated their level of success over Ethereum, but added that they do so because Ethereum is still the market leader in this space.

The topic of developers choosing Ethereum or Solana for their development comes up again in the conversation, and Yakovenko explains how critical specific applications are. Exactly apps! Not blockchains. 

He says implementation will get to a point where users are not paying attention to what blockchain they are using but are more focused on the app they logged in with.

Putting aside the ambiguities, maybe Solana wanted to be better than ether, but now they want to move in some vector of their own, but we'll see in practice.