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Solana
Solana ($SOL) is a decentralized blockchain built to enable scalable, user-friendly apps, at a much lower cost compared to Bitcoin or Ethereum — in part by utilizing an innovative Proof-of-History (PoH) timing mechanism for consensus.
Quick Facts
- Solana is a Layer 1 blockchain
- Solana utilizes a “Proof of History” (POH) consensus mechanism
- Solana is purpose built with fundamental scalability, powered by its PoH consensus mechanism; it has a theoretical limit of 50,000 Transactions Per Second (TPS)
- Solana’s average Cost Per Transaction (CPT) is $0.00025
- Solana’s White Paper 📄
Technical Specifications
(as of 3/24/22)
Performance Data
Metric | Value |
|---|---|
Active Transactions Per Second (TPS) | 3,096 TPS |
Max Theoretical TPS | 50,000 TPS |
Average Cost Per Transaction (CPT) | $0.00025 USD |
Block Height | 113,447,331 |
Environmental Impact | ∙ Solana is carbon neutral as of Dec. 2021 thanks to carbon offsets |
Bridges | ∙ Wormhole ∙ REN VM Bridge ∙ APYSwap All Bridge |
Github Activity
Metric | Value |
|---|---|
Repository Name | solana-labs |
Stars | 6,254 |
Watchers | 64 |
Forks | 362 |
Contributors | 233 |
Merged Pull Requests | 12,133 |
Closed vs Total Issues | 2,123 out of 6,262 |
Financial Ecosystem
(as of 3/24/22)
Metric | Value |
|---|---|
SOL Price | $88.98 |
Market Cap | $47.45B |
Ecosystem Ranking by Market Cap | #8 |
Token Trading Volume – 24hr | $1.7B |
Total Value Locked (TVL) | $11.95B |
Liquidity | $61.5M |
Number of Active Wallets | 7,891,052 |
Number of Unique Wallets | 2,324,126 |
Circulating Supply | 323,086,651.57 SOL |
Total Supply | 511,616,946 SOL |
Node Count | 1,609 validator nodes |
Inflation Rate | 9.63% |
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Company Info
- Legal Name: Solana Labs, Inc.
- Founded: 2017
- HQ: Zug, Switzerland
- Current employee count: 100+ people
Key People
- Eric Williams Ph.D
- Anatoly Yakovenko
- Gregory Fitzgerald
- Rajiv Gokal
Funding Ecosystem
- Fund: 776 x Solana Ventures $100M Social Web 3 Fund
- Studio: FTX x Lightspeed x Solana Ventures $100M Gaming Web 3 Studio
Investors
- 500 Startups, Alameda Research, Andreessen Horowitz, BlockTower Capital, Blockchange Ventures, CMS Holdings, Chris McCann, CoinFund, CoinShares, Collab+Currency, Distributed Global, Foundation Capital, Jump Trading, Kevin Rose, L1 Digital, LYVC, Leon Hillmann, Lyndon Rive, MGNR (Memetic Capital), Multicoin Capital, NEO Global Capital (NGC), ParaFi Capital, Passport Capital, Polychain, Ramtim Naimi, Reciprocal Ventures, Rockaway Capital, SeaX Ventures, Sino Global Capital, Slow Ventures, Thomas Larthe
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