The Reference · Settlement network
Solana.
SOL · 2020. A monolithic high-throughput network optimized for speed and cost, which became the leading venue for consumer-scale applications — payments, trading, and high-frequency consumer economies.
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The consumer-performance thesis proved out: where an application needs card-network responsiveness with on-chain settlement, Solana is the default candidate. Increasingly relevant to the firm's rewards and prediction-economy coverage.
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