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The cryptocurrency market started 2022 in red. However, many coins continued with their popularity of 2021, and with good prospects for the new year. Such is the case of the Solana (SOL) cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 2020, it was even difficult the likelihood of having heard of this asset. However, Solana experienced exponential growth during 2021<\/strong>. So, now it\u2019s one of Ethereum’s big competitors. Let\u2019s check what this blockchain is all about and why it has become a favorite among investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Solana?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Solana logo. Source: official Twitter account<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Solana Network<\/a>, initially known as Loom Network, is a high-performance, permissionless (decentralized), and open-source blockchain. The mainnet was launched in 2019 by Anatoly Yakovenko and Greg Fitzgerald. It\u2019s been designed to offer a high-speed processing network to support high-demand applications and provide advanced features for decentralized applications (Dapps). Its native cryptocurrency is Solana (SOL), categorized as a third-generation cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solana is presented as a strong competitor to Ethereum 2.0<\/a> because it offers higher speeds and fewer fees.<\/strong> In addition, it has a processing power for large amounts of information that would avoid large network congestion (although this has not always been the case<\/a>). Its technology is based on parallel smart contracts<\/a> that are executed, read, and written thanks to a new system called Sealevel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solana’s smart contracts<\/a> are written in two popular programming languages with extensive development libraries: C and Rust. Thus, through Sealevel, Solana’s smart contracts are the fastest among networks of their kind, guaranteeing scalability over time. The better the hardware, the faster the smart contracts will run. And, therefore, the Dapps and general transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The popularity of Solana cryptocurrency<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many Dapps developers have seen the benefits of Solana and have opted for this blockchain<\/a>. Currently, besides the Solana cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs<\/a>) are very popular on the Solana blockchain<\/strong>, to the point that its marketplaces have managed to outperform the ones on Ethereum. Magic Eden and Solanart are the two largest NFT marketplaces in Solana<\/a>, with volumes between $615 million and $593 million in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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