"Sol Hack3rs is building Y Combinator for U20 crypto founders to help grow and build Next Solana Unicorns."
The blockchain industry, including Solana, faces a critical challenge: the lack of young founders. Most contributors today are from older generations. While experienced professionals sustain the ecosystem in the short term, the true long-term sustainability of any chain depends on how many young people it can attract and empower.
If there are no under-20 founders entering the space, the ecosystem risks becoming stagnant. No matter how strong the present is, the future depends on the younger generation. This is why Sol Hack3rs exists: to gather and nurture the most passionate under-20 founders, providing them with a platform to explore, build, and grow.
We specifically focus on students under the age of 20. Once students move into their early twenties (21–22), their attention shifts toward jobs, careers, and practical life responsibilities. That often reduces their ability to fully commit to experimental, passion-driven projects.
By targeting under-20 founders, we bring together people who are still fearless, obsessive, and willing to take risks. Sol Hack3rs is not just another student group—it is meant to be an elite, high-energy, almost radical environment where only the most passionate and ambitious young builders thrive.
Our vision is simple: the members we nurture today will become the key players of the Solana ecosystem in 5–10 years. The projects, founders, and leaders that emerge from Sol Hack3rs will carry the ecosystem forward.
In the future, we want to see:
We believe in the vision of Hack Solana, Hack the World. Our philosophy is that Solana has the potential to become the number one blockchain among all chains. By hacking Solana—pushing its boundaries, founders its future, and nurturing its ecosystem—we also hack the world. Because if Solana becomes the top chain, then shaping Solana means shaping the future of the global internet and finance itself.
Sol Hack3rs began in Japan, but Solana cannot be hacked by staying local. To truly shape the global ecosystem, we must expand. Today, we are active in Japan, Australia, India, and soon Nigeria, with ambitions to reach the U.S. and Europe.