Solana is a blockchain platform that aims to provide high speed and scalability for decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. Launched in 2020, it is capable of processing thousands of transactions per second using a technology known as âproof of history.â Solanaâs native token is known as âSOL,â and is used to pay transaction fees on the network and secure the network through a verification mechanism. Solana is seeing an increase in usage and popularity, especially in the fields of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain-based gaming.#solana $SOL