Opportunities and luck differs, he may have had access to better opportunities and equally lucky hence getting more for less efforts as you've reported.

Yes, the crypto market is shit right now and I don't particularly feel bad about it. We've leaned too much on hype and market cycles that we're falling back on building valuable products and services that can attract outside investments that's not driven by the urge to make quick gains.

Billions are moving through Solana but these volumes are not net positive for the ecosystem because it's all driven by the intention to exploit.