Solana is marking the sixth anniversary of its genesis block today, March 16. Solana was created in 2018 by Toly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal; however, the network was launched in March 2020 by Solana Labs, with its first block created on March 16 2020. The Solana network has seen major growth since this date.
Solana's official X handle highlighted the milestone of Solana's sixth anniversary in a recent tweet, highlighting progress made on the network in the last six years.
Solana's network has never been stronger, the Solana team wrote: "Happy 6th birthday Solana fam. They said quit. The builders stayed. They said it's dead. The code persisted. They said move on. The network's never been stronger.Just one more hard quarter."
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Six years of receipts:
496B+ total transactions
$3.3T+ trading volume
$17.4B+ in stablecoins onchain
$1.7B+ in tokenized RWAs
Thank you to all the relentless founders, developers, and community members around the globe who have made Solana what it is today
The Solana team highlighted growth metrics in the last six years, which included 496 billion total transactions, $3.3 trillion in trading volume and $17.4 billion in stablecoins on-chain. The network also saw $1.7 billion in tokenized RWAs.
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