$SOL Solana
#HISTORY Solana since it was founded in 2017. The main Solana network was launched in March 2020
In 2021, Bloomberg journalist Joanna Ossinger described Solana as a "potential long-term competitor" to $ETH referring to its high transaction speeds and lower accompanying costs.
On September 14, 2021, the Solana blockchain went offline after a surge of transactions reached a network branch, and different validators studied the state of the network in different ways. The blockchain was reconnected the next day, September 15, 2021.
On December 16, 2021, former First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, announced her plans to use Solana for the launch of a non-fungible token (NFT). The Solana Foundation released the press statement to explain that its selection of the platform has not been officially "part of any initiative under the direction of Solana