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What’s one word that would make Solana Degens shudder?
"Solscan"
For whatever reason, the person who decided to design it got bored halfway through and just rage-quit at the UI/UX phase.
Seriously, it’s like they opened Figma, slapped together a spreadsheet from 2004, and then said, “You know what? Good enough.”
And the worst part?
We all still end up there after every rug, hack, or to check out who’s dumping on us.
It’s like that greasy late-night kebab shop, you don’t wanna go, but somehow you always do.
"A Degen visits Solscan"
In the blockchain world, everyone promises to "change the game," but it often feels like another re-skinned swap site. This is where Solana Social Explorer (SSE) stands out.
Built by Tapestry, the same crew behind the Solana-native social graph protocol, SSE is pitching itself as the ultimate fusion of trading terminal, portfolio tracker, social hub, and soon, an entire ecosystem rolled into one.
But like any new product, there’s room for some much-needed polish.
// What SSE Gets Right
At its core, SSE is trying to fix one of crypto’s biggest headaches: scattered tools, fragmented social signals, and clunky workflows that force traders and degens to juggle Etherscan clones, half-baked Telegram alphas/bots, Solscan, Twitter, and 15 tabs of DEX aggregators, all while trying to catch the next microcap rocket.
SSE pulls everything into one integrated dashboard, including:
- A much better solana explorer with wallet, token, and transaction tracking. (FINALLY)
- Aggregated swap and liquidity data across Solana protocols.
- Built-in on-chain social profiles and the ability to follow wallets like Web3-native social feeds.
- Messaging, portfolio management, and wallet monitoring.
- Dirt-cheap swap fees for $SSE token holders, with planned staking and revenue-sharing mechanisms.
And that’s just what's live today. Coming soon?
Launchpads, perpetuals, copytrading, and even more layers of social/financial fusion.
Perps Preview Source: Tapestry X
The end goal?
DexScreener + Jupiter + Telegram + Solscan + Warpcaster + your cousin’s alpha chat group, all in one place.
And with integration into Solana Mobile, SSE wants to bring that experience to your phone, not just your browser.
// Tapestry’s Bigger Vision
Source: Tapestry Website
This isn’t just a tool for degens to eyeball charts and wallets.
Tapestry are building a social-first trading environment grounded in a bigger thesis:
Markets are social systems.
Solana, with its lightning-fast transactions, sub-cent fees and autistic meme community, is the perfect chain to blur the line between social capital and financial capital.
Every trade is a relationship, every price discovery is a conversation, and SSE wants to put that relationship layer front and centre directly in your trading workflow.
Tapestry’s protocol powers the social graph behind it all, letting devs access follows, likes, and reputation signals on-chain via a single API.
The idea is that social signals should be as fluid as a Solana transaction, composable across DeFi protocols, games, and apps.
// Tokenomics & Monetization
Source: Staking SSE
The $SSE token launched on pumpfun (yes, during its "meta" phase) but has shown resilience. Unlike many pumpfun launches, SSE isn’t a cash grab propped up by token sales; Tapestry is sitting on a $5M+ war chest, meaning it doesn’t need to squeeze the community for survival.
Token utility includes:
- Up to 50% swap fee discounts depending on your staking tier.
- A 10% platform fee share distributed to stakers (live soon, pending audit).
- Regular buybacks using platform revenue.
- + more when new features are added
A legitimate case of: “Hold $SSE, get paid to trade cheaper.”
// But Here’s Where It Falls Short
Despite having a strong product vision, SSE’s execution on the social side of things feels... ironic.
After all, Tapestry’s mission is to build social infrastructure, but their own Telegram community is locked, dead and poorly managed. For a project focused on social graphs and user engagement, the community feels more like an afterthought.
Where’s the Discord?
For a project pioneering social primitives, Discord, with its customizable channels, community tooling, and better engagement dynamics, should have been set up from day one. It’s the obvious choice to cultivate a real community, gather feedback, and involve users in shaping the project. Instead, we’re left with an idle Telegram chat that undercuts the community-first ethos they’re preaching.
Credit to the few voices on Crypto Twitter who are keeping the SSE community spirit alive.
Still, CT isn’t where you build lasting ecosystems, it’s a loudspeaker, not a living room. If SSE is serious about its social-first vision, it needs to create a proper home for its users, especially this early in development.
Even worse? Communication feels fragmented.
Updates about SSE are buried across Tapestry’s X account and random blog posts.
There’s no dedicated SSE documentation or presence on social media. The line between Tapestry (the protocol) and SSE (the product) is blurry, making it harder for users and builders alike to stay in the loop.
// The Big Picture
Despite its shortcomings, I really like SSE’s vision, and I’m hoping the Tapestry team and community will see my critique as constructive.
If Tapestry can tighten its communication strategy and build a proper community home base, it could cement SSE as Solana’s go-to trading & social layer.
Solana has already shown us that it has a vibrant community, but without an effective social layer, it’s like running Wall Street without a coffee shop, trading floors, or pubs for lunch.
SSE has the potential to be the social heart of Solana, but it’s hard to champion social infrastructure when your own community feels like a ghost town this early in development.
The product vision is solid, but execution on community and communications needs a serious upgrade.
If Tapestry can bring the same energy to building community spaces and clarifying their messaging as they have to product development, SSE might not just unite Solana’s markets, it could become the meeting place they were always missing.
Socials:
SSE Website - https://www.sse.gg
Tapestry Website - https://www.usetapestry.dev
DEX - https://dexscreener.com/solana/hdt4asuvnjwn1y5mv2r3spxf54hc911anyihu8htmk7z
X Account - https://x.com/usetapestry
Blog - https://substack.com/@usetapestry
Telegram - https://t.me/+E1ngIfYLaB1kOGY5
