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Solana is a high-performance, permissionless blockchain that provides fast, secure, and scalable decentralized applications and crypto-currencies. It is known for its incredibly high throughput and low transaction costs, using a unique consensus mechanism called Proof of History (PoH) combined with Proof of Stake (PoS). Solana was launched in 2020 by Anatoly Yakovenko and has quickly gained popularity as a platform for decentralized finance (DeFi), NFTs, and other Web3 applications. It can process thousands of transactions per second (TPS), which makes it one of the fastest blockchains in the market. Its native cryptocurrency is called SOL, which is used for transaction fees and staking.