Meet Solana Seeker: Solana Labs GM Emmett Hollyer on the Making of Blockchain Phones

The day after Solana Mobile announced the highly anticipated Solana Seeker, we sat down with Emmett Hollayer, GM of Solana Labs, about the complexities of building a blockchain phone. We chat about the hardware differences between the original Saga and the Seeker, new features, and everything from supply chain challenges to Seeker's rewards and anticipated token incentives and airdrops. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction & Seeker's 2025 release 02:25 - Background on Emmett & Solana Mobile 05:05 - Lessons Learned Building the Saga 07:59 - Hardware Differences Between Seeker & Saga 09:17 - Why Seeker is Priced at $500 10:04 - Seeker's Software 12:01 - Seeker Genesis Token & Rewards/Airdrops 13:08 - Should Web3 Phones Replace Hardware Wallets? 14:01 - Overview of Seeker's dApp Store 16:14 - dApps Emmett is Bullish on for Seeker 18:26 - Will Other L1's Build Phones? 19:42 - Why Payments as a Vertical Makes Emmett Optimistic 21:07 - Seeker's Seed Vault, the Apple Pay of Solana? 22:14 - Developer Challenges Building Seeker dApps 24:15 - Hardware Considerations for Seeker 25:16 - Future of Web3 Wearables 26:35 - Is Solana all About Memecoins? 29:51 - Seeker's Roadmap