Name: Solana
Rating: 8 (1 reviews)
Author: Open Source

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Solana is positioned as a blockchain platform designed for widespread adoption, aiming to provide a fast, scalable, and energy-efficient solution for developing decentralized applications (dApps) and marketplaces. According to Solana Labs, the vendor behind Solana, the platform is suitable for businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. It caters to various professions and industries, including developers, software engineers, blockchain enthusiasts, financial institutions, banks, gaming and entertainment companies, as well as supply chain and logistics companies.

## Key Features

**Fast and Scalable**: Solana claims to handle a high volume of transactions per second through its unique consensus algorithm known as Proof of History (PoH) and a network of independent validators. With block times as low as 400 milliseconds, Solana ensures efficient and speedy transaction processing.

**Low Transaction Fees**: Solana is known for offering highly competitive transaction fees within the web3 ecosystem, with costs for both developers and users remaining below $0.0025 per transaction. This cost-effectiveness makes Solana an attractive choice for applications that require frequent and affordable transactions.

**Decentralized and Secure**: Solana's security is ensured through its decentralized network of independent validator nodes. This decentralized nature enhances security and integrity, making Solana resistant to censorship and attacks. Validators validate transactions and maintain the blockchain's consensus, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the data.

**Energy Efficient**: Solana utilizes a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, which is considered more energy-efficient compared to proof-of-work (PoW) systems used by some other blockchains. According to the vendor, Solana's energy consumption is significantly lower than traditional blockchain networks, minimizing its environmental impact.

**Developer-Friendly**: Solana provides developers with a comprehensive suite of tools and resources to simplify the development of decentralized applications. The platform offers extensive developer resources, including documentation, tutorials, and a JavaScript SDK (solana-web3.js) that streamlines the development process. Solana's active developer community also provides support and collaboration opportunities.

**Interoperability**: Solana is designed to seamlessly integrate and communicate with other blockchain networks, enabling cross-chain transactions and the creation of decentralized applications that span multiple networks. This interoperability expands the possibilities for developers and allows for greater flexibility in application development.

to help users build crypto apps that scale, Solana is presented as an open source (Apache 2.0) fast, secure, and censorship resistant blockchain providing the open infrastructure required for global adoption.

Solana

Portals is a web-based metaverse platform that we've been working on this year that we're really excited to finally reveal and bring to the Solana ecosystem.

We started building Portals in early 2021 because we didn’t see a compelling and accessible metaverse emerging on the web. We want to be able to explore a dense, virtual Neo-Tokyo/New York and explore a single city block with hundreds of fun things to do and discover.

We are building a framework so that everyone is incentivised to invite cool people and create cool spaces for a thriving downtown. Real estate and token incentives will be distributed in a way that ensure a dense, interesting city center for new users to explore.

Instead of big land sales, we’re starting with user experience first to build a grassroots community of builders and players.

In order to achieve this, we have made it easy to build fun and interactive spaces right in your browser, no need to download apps. To start, it's like a hackable Animal Crossing, right in the browser.

This is a major experiment to see if a product-focused indie team can utilize the power of blockchains/DAOs — with properly designed incentives — to make for a better virtual city experience than what has been created thus far.

Demo on: https://theportal.to/
Follow us: https://twitter.com/_portals_
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/9uMBaCPW3f

00:00 Intro
00:33 Demo begins
01:00 Room builder preview
01:34 Solana/Phantom Integrations 
01:57 Invite friends + gated access
02:22 Downtown

Portals – Solana Ignition Hackathon Submission

Watch Sheraz Shere (Head of Payments at Solana Labs) demo a brand new Solana Pay feature — transaction requests, which enables merchants to bring on-chain interactivity to their purchase flows.

Solana Pay Demo: Transaction Requests

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Solana: The World's Fastest Blockchain (elevator pitch at Xoogler Demo Day)

Portals - Solana NFT Web based metaverse

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