
What is Solana?
Solana is a blockchain platform for hosting decentralized, scalable applications. It was founded in 2017 as an open-source project by the Solana Foundation in Geneva, with the blockchain built by Solana Labs in San Francisco. Solana is much faster in terms of transaction processing capacity and has significantly lower transaction fees than rival blockchains such as Ethereum.
Web3 dapps and developer tools related to Solana
Discover blockchain applications that are frequently used with Solana.
Resources and Guides about Layer 1 Blockchains (L1s)
Solana Alternatives
Explore web3 competitors and apps like Solana.

Layer 1 Blockchains (L1s)
Shardeum is an EVM based L1 that uses dynamic state sharding to achieve linear scalability.

Layer 1 Blockchains (L1s)
Polkadot is a sharded protocol that enables blockchain networks to operate together seamlessly.

Layer 1 Blockchains (L1s)
The Injective Protocol is a highly interoperable layer one blockchain in the Cosmos ecosystem.
