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Solana.

A high-speed network for apps and markets.

Solana is a blockchain built for fast, low-cost transactions and applications, from payments to games and on-chain finance.

NetworkProof of Stake
SupplyVariable supply
Birthday / launchMarch 2020 — Solana Mainnet Beta began

Origin story

March 2020 — Solana Mainnet Beta began

Built by: Anatoly Yakovenko and the Solana Labs founding team

Solana was designed for applications that need frequent, low-cost on-chain activity. Its early design combined proof of stake with proof of history, a cryptographic clock that helps order events.

What makes it different

Its own rules, its own trade-offs.

Solana aims for high throughput and low fees. That design makes it popular for trading, consumer apps, and games, but it also has a different hardware and operational profile from Bitcoin.

Not the same as: a guarantee, a bank account, or a customer-service payment rail.

How a transaction becomes real

From wallet to chain.

  1. A wallet signs a transaction and sends it to the network.
  2. Validators use the proof-of-history sequence to agree on an ordering reference.
  3. A scheduled leader proposes entries; other validators replay and verify the execution.
  4. Votes from staked validators help confirm the ledger state.

Supply and incentives

Why the token exists.

SOL is used for fees and staking. Its supply policy includes inflation and fee-related mechanisms rather than a fixed hard cap like Bitcoin's.

Use it safely

What can go wrong.

Low fees make testing easier, not risk-free. Token impersonation, malicious wallet approvals, outages, and fast-moving markets all matter; verify the mint address and application URL.

Verify it yourself

Look at the chain.

A block explorer lets you inspect public transactions, blocks, addresses, and fees. Never paste a recovery phrase or private key into one.

Open Solana Explorer ↗

OG voices & primary resources

Long-running people and sources.

These open external sites in a new tab. They are educational links only—not paid placement, partnership, or endorsement.

Open external sourceAnatoly Yakovenko ↗Open external sourceRaj Gokal ↗Open external sourceGreg Fitzgerald / Solana history ↗

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