---- 🔥 What is Solana? 👁️🗨️
Solana is a first-layer blockchain based on the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm. The project team is based in San Francisco, it was formed in 2017, and the first version of the test network was launched in 2018. Solana was founded by PhD Eric Williams, OC BREW developer Greg Fitzgerald, and former Qualcomm and Dropbox developer Anatoly Yakovenko. The developers themselves call their blockchain “a public operating system that anyone can participate in.