Recently Solana experienced its first outage in over 11 months. An infinite loop was propagated across the network’s validators due to a faulty implementation inside of the core software via the Berkley Packet Filter which is the mechanism to deploy, upgrade and execute programs on Solana. Block production halted, impeding the chain’s progress (in layman’s terms, it went offline). Validators then manually verified, inside of a Google Sheet, a snapshot of the last valid block. For the chain to restart, at least 80% of validators began running the patched software for blocks to be added to the chain.

On February 25th, QnA3.AI, an AI project, announced that it has received investment from the Solana Foundation and is working with Solana to create a strategic alliance focused on AI and DePIN development. QnA3.AI stated that it has currently accumulated a large amount of AI training data. Through cooperation with Solana, this data will be stored and trained on the Solana blockchain, and an application specifically designed for the Solana Saga mobile phone will be developed. QnA3 is an AI-driven one-stop Web3 knowledge engine and trading entrance, and is a well-known Web3 DApp in the current popular AI section. According to DappRadar data, QnA3.AI's user activity (UAW) ranks first in the BNB Dapp list and seventh in the full-chain Dapp list. As an AI+Crypto question and answer platform, GPT fills the gap in AI targets. With the project listed on OKX and receiving funding from the Solana Foundation, it is expected to become another high-potential project in the AI sector. OKX Jumpstart will soon launch GPT (QnA3.AI), and users can pledge BTC and ETH starting at 6:00 am UTC on February 26, 2024 to exchange for GPT tokens. QnA3.AI officials will also soon participate in the first round of token airdrop activities, and interaction records and points will determine the user's share of the airdrop.

According to DefiLlama data, Solana's total value locked (TVL) has reached $2.03 billion, with a 24-hour increase of 2.92%.

According to DeFiLlama data, the trading volume of DEX on the Ethereum blockchain was $1.772 billion on February 21, ranking first. In addition, the trading volume of DEX on the Solana chain was $711.35 million, ranking second for two consecutive days with over $700 million, and the daily trading volume of DEX on the BSC chain was $656.09 million, ranking third.

According to the latest data from CryptoSlam, the total sales of NFTs on the Solana blockchain have exceeded $5 billion, reaching $5,000,004,540 at the time of writing. The number of on-chain NFT transactions is about 42.7 million, with the number of on-chain buyers approaching 2.2 million and the number of sellers exceeding 1.6 million. Historical data shows that in December last year, Solana's on-chain NFT sales exceeded $365 million, setting the largest monthly record to date.

The aim of this article is to delve into the factors underpinning Ethereum’s long standing dominance in the DeFi realm and to examine how Solana has made significant strides in recent times, though whether this can be sustained remains uncertain.

Decentralized storage service Filecoin has partnered with Solana to improve the reliability and scalability of the blockchain. Solana will use Filecoin's infrastructure to enhance data redundancy, scalability, and security while maintaining its commitment to decentralization. Filecoin sees this partnership as a significant move away from centralized storage solutions and a step towards democratizing data storage. The Solana blockchain recently experienced an outage due to a bug-induced infinite loop, but the team has since deployed a fix, and the Solana token (SOL) has maintained its value.

Filecoin announced on social media that Solana and Filecoin have integrated, which is a major move to get rid of centralized storage solutions and an important step in improving the reliability and scalability of the Solana blockchain. Solana is using Filecoin to make it easier for infrastructure providers, explorers, indexers, and anyone who needs historical access to access and use its block history.

Solana Mobile announced that it will take a Snapshot 2 snapshot of the Chapter2 leaderboard at 3:00 am Beijing time on February 22, including: 1. The top 1500 recommended users after Snapshot 1 will receive non-transferable Tanzanite NFTs, and the top 1500 historical rankings will receive Diamond NFTs;<br>2. Launch Chapter2 Preorder Token, if users complete the reservation after the first snapshot, the user's wallet will receive non-transferable Chapter2 Preorder Token tokens after Snapshot 2 is taken, and users need to verify their wallet address in the reservation confirmation email;<br>3. Solana Mobile also announced some third-party sponsor information for Snapshot 2, including Solend, Helium Mobile, etc. It is reported that third parties will also provide rewards.

Solana, a blockchain network often referred to as an "Ethereum killer," suffered a five-hour outage on Tuesday due to a cluster halt that required a system restart, raising doubts about its reliability and decentralization. The incident caused Solana's native token, SOL, to drop in value and transactions on the network to come to a halt. This has led to questions about whether Solana has the technical foundation to outpace Ethereum and achieve the decentralized infrastructure that has made Bitcoin and Ethereum the industry's leading blockchains. The founder of Solana, Anatoly Yakovenko, expressed concern about the impact on the startup ecosystem and the level of exposure for teams. Additionally, the downfall of prominent investor and advocate for Solana, Sam Bankman-Fried, in November 2022 had a significant impact on the blockchain's value, causing investors to hesitate in supporting it.

A Solana spokesperson stated that the pre-order quantity for the second generation Solana Mobile has exceeded 60,000 in less than three weeks. Earlier reports indicated that Solana Mobile began Chapter 2 pre-sales on January 17th, with a pre-order deposit of $450. The first Chapter 2 leaderboard snapshot will be taken on February 6th at 19:00 UTC (February 7th at 3:00 Beijing time).

The market shows that SOL has broken through $100 and is now trading at $100.03, with an intraday increase of 1.37%. The market is highly volatile, so please be prepared for risk control.

Solana Mobile 2.0 pre-orders are still open and a crucial update has been released to community members. According to Solana Mobile, customers who join the waitlist for the second-generation phone through pre-order will receive some non-transferable tokens, including NFTs as incentives.

According to market data, SOL has broken through $100 and is currently trading at $100.24, with an intraday increase of 5.5%. The market is volatile, so please be prepared for risk management.

Solana's DEX on February 1 was approximately 1.149 billion US dollars, a decrease of about 21% from the previous day's 1.461 billion US dollars, once again ranking first. In addition, the trading volume of Ethereum's DEX on the chain yesterday was 1.131 billion US dollars, ranking second; the trading volume of Arbitrum's DEX on the chain yesterday was approximately 503 million US dollars, ranking third.

We started the year with a note on belonging. I felt inspired to write about this because of our work on two protocols, one of which today’s issue covers extensively. In mid-to-late 2022, Solana was the industry’s darling due to its figureheads. SBF’s overarching influence on its ecosystem could not be understated. But in the following months, as FTX collapsed, so did the Solana ecosystem.

Data from Cryptoslma shows that the sales of NFTs on the Solana blockchain in January 2024 exceeded $239 million, a decrease of approximately 34.4% from December 2023's $365,406,366.78. In addition, the number of independent buyers and sellers of Solana-based NFTs in January exceeded 200,000, with over 455,000 transactions on the blockchain.

According to DeFiLlama data, stablecoins worth over $200 million flowed into Solana's network on January 31st (the day JUP was launched), setting a new record for the highest daily inflow since May 2022.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of blockchain technology, two distinct approaches have emerged in the design and implementation of these distributed ledgers: integrated and modular blockchains. Since the origins of public, decentralised and permissionless blockchains, architectures were often built in an integrated way: Bitcoin came first then XRP, Ethereum and many others followed suit for over a decade. The scaling trilemma arose in debates that a blockchain can only have two out of three properties: security, decentralisation and speed. As such, Ethereum’s roadmap has evolved to encompass Layer 2s, a modular way to scale Ethereum. Understanding the differences between these approaches, exemplified by Solana (integrated) and Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem (modular), provides insight into their respective architectures, roadmaps, and the impact on adoption and development.

According to data from The Block, the transaction volume on the Solana blockchain reached a new high in January. As of the end of January, the trading volume of SOL and SPL tokens on the Solana blockchain has soared to $951.9 billion, meaning the network's economic throughput has increased by 30% compared to December's $735.8 billion, which was the previous high point. The growth in Solana blockchain transaction activity is significantly higher than most of 2022 and 2023. For example, in September 2023, Solana network transaction volume hit a low of $40 billion.