Solana co-founder questions the network score in an Ethereum research report.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko publicly disputed an Ethereum Market Research Center report that scored Ethereum 9.7 and Solana 8.8 out of 10 on a four-network comparison, arguing Solana is stronger on centralized control and broad governance. He dismissed two of the report's metrics—management activity and burn, staking and credential architecture—as arbitrary and meaningless. The scores reflect the research firm's analysis of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff guidance. The dispute matters because it feeds the ongoing Ethereum-versus-Solana rivalry over network decentralization and governance claims. Watch for responses from the research center or Ethereum proponents, and whether the exchange escalates into a broader debate over how decentralization should be measured.