Blockchain protocols

Discover key facts and figures about major blockchain protocols that are empowering transformations across industries.

Permissionless network protocol with the parallel smart contract processing functionality.

Explore the features

Consensus	Proof of stake with proof of history
Public / Private / Permissioned	Public
Smart contracts	Yes
Smart contract language(s) supported	Rust, C, C++
Transaction privacy	No
Transaction visibility	All participants have access to all entries ever recorded.
Transaction ordering	All validating participants use the proof of history mechanism—a sequence of hashed events—to agree on the order of transactions.

Fault tolerance

Solana is secured by validators who stake SOL to validate blocks.

Performance

Solana produces blocks at 0.4 second intervals.

Suggestions for use with consortia

Use Solana:

to anchor private blockchain data
for cryptocurrency mining/exchanges
to publish transactions for the public to view

Industry use case

Smart contracts for digital assets.

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