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Solana Labs Validator Client

Solana validators adopt the v1.14 upgrade

Here’s what developers, validators, and the ecosystem can expect.

AI

‘AI will make Solana more usable and understandable,’ says Anatoly Yakovenko

Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko on how AI can impact Solana

NFT

Evolving Public Goods Protocols for the Long Term

Metaplex is taking steps to ensure its NFT standards on Solana remain decentralized, immutable, and sustainable for years to come.

Solana Breakpoint

Breakpoint returns for 2023 with a new campus, expanded ticket access, and more

Tickets for the annual Solana community conference are now on sale.

NFT

Solana keeps accelerating with ecosystem-born innovations like xNFTs

xNFTs are just the latest in protocol updates released by the greater Solana ecosystem.

Energy Use Reports

Announcing real time emissions measurement on the Solana blockchain

Trycarbonara enables users to see emissions data down to the validator level.

Announcements

Helium upgrades to Solana, establishes a new foundation for its future

Almost one million hotspots land on Solana via largest NFT mint so far.

02-25-23 Solana Mainnet Beta Outage Report

On February 25th 2023 at approximately 05:46:16 UTC, the Solana Mainnet Beta cluster began to experience long block finalization times.

Solana Pay

Boba Guys building customer loyalty program on Solana

Boba Guys seeks to enhance and scale customer experience with new program.

Announcements

Solana Foundation introduces convertible grants and investments to support Solana ecosystem

New additions to the grants process will allow the Foundation to support commercial projects.

Hackathon

Meet the winners of Solana Grizzlython

Over 10,000 participants submitted 813 final projects, the largest Solana hackathon to date.

State compression

State compression brings down cost of minting 1 million NFTs on Solana to ~$110

With an innovative use of Merkle trees, state compression drastically lowers the cost of storing information on-chain.

State compression

How to use compressed NFTs on Solana, powered by state compression

A guide for developers.

Case Studies

Case Study: Dialect onboards the masses through decentralized social messaging and NFT stickers

Dialect uses compressed NFTs to onboard thousands of users for free.

Case Studies

Case Study: Crossmint scales NFT minting to unlock new use cases

Crossmint, an NFT tooling and API company, is using state compression to drop NFTs at a massive scale.

Gaming

PlayGG is coming to San Diego! Don’t miss this free Solana games exhibition with over 50 games on site

Play Good Games with developers, gamers, and the local community in a welcoming, family-friendly environment this July.

Validator Health Reports

Solana Foundation Validator Health Report: March 2023

A data-driven analysis of the health of the Solana validator network

Gaming

The bright future of ‘Play-and-Own’ games

New infrastructure improvements are necessary to expand the audience for blockchain games.

Case Studies

Case Study: ASICS builds loyalty program with Solana Pay

Shoe brand ASICS used Solana Pay to created a decentralized loyalty program.

Plans to Improve Network Upgrades

The issues around last week’s 1.14 network update – which focused on improvements for speed and scale – made it clear how maintaining stability during these major updates remains a challenge.

Gaming

The Solana SDK for Unity by Magicblock is available on the Unity Asset Store as a Verified Solution

Unity introduces new Asset Store category for decentralized tech.

Newsletter

Monthly Community Update | February 2023

Grizzlython, the Electric Capital Developer Report, and more updates.

Hackathon

Welcome to Grizzlython, the next Solana Hackathon

Build through the bear for a chance to win $5 million in prizes and seed funding.

Memo

The Values That Got Us Here

A letter from Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal.

Anatoly Yakovenko

Looking forward: What the Solana community will tackle in 2023 and beyond

At Breakpoint 2022, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko outlined the engineering challenges his team is working on — and wants to take on next.