Tech, protocols & infrastructure
Researchers at Anza and a16z Crypto published Gatling, a design that runs nine consensus instances in parallel to produce a block proposal every 56 milliseconds, with 10ms slots as the theoretical target. It is a paper and a prototype, with no production timeline.
Firedancer reached v1.0.0 on Solana's testnet, finishing the ground-up C rewrite. It is not recommended for mainnet, where the Frankendancer hybrid still runs.
March 21, 2026. On March 17 at 2:00 PM EST, the SEC and CFTC simultaneously released a joint 68-page document. This move fundamentally rewrote the rules for the…
March 20, 2026. While market noise focuses on Bitcoin’s post-FOMC volatility, the Solana ecosystem is quietly preparing for its most significant technical evolution to date: Alpenglow. This isn’t…
🟣The Solana blockchain has seen a sharp drop in network activity, with daily transactions falling from 125 million to 64 million. At the same time, the SOL token…
🟣Solana (SOL) is starting May 2025 with a strong recovery, approaching a key resistance zone at $153–$155. This area has capped the asset’s growth since February, and a…
🟢The daily economic value of the Solana blockchain, which includes transaction fees and MEV (Maximum Extractable Value) tips, has reached a record $7.93 million. The real economic value…
🔵Franklin Templeton Investments, a renowned asset management firm, has expressed optimism about Solana (SOL), recognizing it as a major player in the industry and a growth catalyst. The…
Solana Labs will collaborate with Google Cloud. Developers will be able to use the GameShift platform to create blockchain-based games using Google Cloud’s cloud infrastructure. This will simplify…
