sucks to see mango go down like this ngl

for those who don't know, mango was one of, if not the first "real" solana dapps ever launched on mainnet

the original program was written before the anchor framework existed,  before there was any real solana dev support, before there was really any tvl on solana and definitely before anyone in their right minds would consider building on solana

team shipped the first (to my knowledge) fully on-chain perp dex

then kept shipping, from NFTs (before there was a metaplex standard) to DAO tooling and plug-ins, they've really contributed a ton over the years 

they were one of the first DAOs on solana and survived outages, the Luna and FTX crashes, a brutal bear market and a nearly-fatal exploit

mango was semi-recently co-opted in what boils down to a hostile takeover of the DAO against most of the community's wishes

not sure who/what's driving the decision to shut down but I wanted to shout out @dadadadaffy and the rest of the mango team over the years

you guys were trailblazers for the rest of us and built some really cool shit

I'm sad to see it go