# Greg is an early, excited Solana ("Loom") investor

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2018-04-26
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Solana: The World's Fastest Blockchain (fireside chat at Node) (Solana)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:43 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhrU0W4J05w&t=43s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2018-04-26-greg-is-an-early-excited-solana-loom-investor-4pjv/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Greg is an early, excited Solana ("Loom") investor," Solana: The World's Fastest Blockchain (fireside chat at Node) (Solana), 26 Apr 2018, 00:00:43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhrU0W4J05w&t=43s

## Quote — verbatim

> We take time for granted and they embrace that and sort of built a highly scalable, about 700,000 transactions second... very fascinating, excited to be the investor... yeah, they take my money.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Greg's on-stage intro of Anatoly Yakovenko in April 2018, nearly two years before Solana mainnet; he coyly confirms he has invested.