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What is an RPC Node?

What is an RPC Node?

How RPC Nodes Integrate with DApps on Solana Blockchain technology has brought about a revolutionary change in the way we handle data and transactions, introducing a new level of decentralization and security. A crucial component of this technology is the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) node. These nodes serve as the

A Solana Renaissance

A Solana Renaissance

Compressed NFTs are Driving Solana Forward After nearly two years of an NFT market that trended down only, things are finally beginning to look up for Solana. Collection launches are rising, mint volumes are trending higher, and secondary activity is shifting. Why? A new Solana innovation: Compressed NFTs. To begin,

DApps on Solana

DApps on Solana

Why Do Blockchain Developers Choose Solana? Decentralized applications, or DApps, have become a prominent feature in the blockchain ecosystem. These applications leverage the benefits of blockchain technology, such as transparency, immutability, and security, to provide users with a decentralized and trustless experience. Solana, a high-performance blockchain, offers developers a robust

What is Solana?

What is Solana?

A Highly Scalable & Efficient Blockchain Solana is an open-source blockchain network that hosts highly scalable decentralized applications (DApps). It was founded in 2018 by Anatoly Yakovenko and others with the goal of addressing the scalability and speed limitations of existing blockchain networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Overview of Solana Solana

The Successful Implementation of Solana's Token-2022 Standard

The Successful Implementation of Solana's Token-2022 Standard

The Token-2022 standard has garnered attention over the last couple of months as a vital new tool in the Solana program developer’s toolkit. The data shows that Token-2022’s new functionality can successfully incentivize holding. So far, we’ve had a few examples of popular tokens built on the

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Sig Engineering - Part 1 - Solana's Gossip Protocol

This post is Part 1 of a multi-part blog post series we'll be releasing periodically to outline Sig Validator's engineering updates/milestones. This blog post marks a major milestone completion in Sig's journey: Initial implementation the gossip protocol for Sig. We outline the technical implementation here. A gossip protocol propagates

Introducing Sig by Syndica, an RPS-focused Solana validator client written in Zig

Introducing Sig by Syndica, an RPS-focused Solana validator client written in Zig

What is Sig? Sig is an intelligently optimized Solana validator implementation written in Zig, a cutting-edge low-level programming language. Sig is a step function improvement in RPS For every ‘write’ sendTransaction RPC call triggered on a node, 25 'read' calls are triggered. According to data covering a 2+ year period

It’s not Choke Point. It’s Crypto Quarantine.

It’s not Choke Point. It’s Crypto Quarantine.

Regulators are not trying to kill crypto, but they are trying to isolate the rest of the economy from what they believe could be very, very big.

Blockchain bridges are a key component of a multichain ecosystem

Blockchain bridges are a key component of a multichain ecosystem

Blockchain bridges are a key component of a multichain ecosystem. From just a year ago, the total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum bridges has nearly doubled from $6.75B to $12.4B. At its peak in November 2021, TVL was $26B. Since then, it was relatively stable for 4 months

How Solana gets to a billion users

How Solana gets to a billion users

Few technologies reach the scale at which they help shape how human society functions. Think Instagram (social media), Visa (payments), iPhone (personal devices) and more. What do all of these have in common? 1 billion+ users. Instagram crossed it 2018, Visa crossed 1 billion credit cards in 2020, and Apple