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Solana

Permissionless network protocol with the parallel smart contract processing functionality.

Or use Solana from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client via Chainstack MCP Server.

Fault tolerance

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

Performance

Solana produces blocks at 0.4 second intervals.

Industry use case

Smart contracts for digital assets.

What’s next?

Start today with a Global or Dedicated Solana node.

ConsensusProof 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.