Solana has an active and robust ecosystem of builders. The network is strong. @solanaconf demonstrated that the energy and commitment and range of projects is stronger than ever. That hasn’t changed in the last 48 hours.
The vision remains the same. A thread 🧵
The vision remains the same. A thread 🧵
2022 has been a year of unprecedented developer activity on Solana across Mobile, Games, NFTs, DAOs, Payments, and DeFi.
Ten new Solana @hackerhouses were announced for 2023 – all for builders – spanning Istanbul, Melbourne, Taipei, Tel Aviv and others.
Solana’s validator network is increasing its decentralization.
Active users on Solana remains strong, even in this year's market downturn – 11.5m active accounts and 1.7m fee payers in October.
Network performance has improved since 1.10, with block times decreasing and throughput increasing.
Open source repos and developer activity on Solana is up and to the right, thanks in part to growing developer education resources and an easier onboarding experience.
2022 is the year @solanagames_gg took off, with 15 fun, player-driven experiences already built and playable.
DAO tooling and adoption has made it possible for nearly 1,700 Solana projects to be managed on-chain, a huge increase since this time in 2021.
Solana DeFi remains strong, with over $150m raised by DeFi projects in 2022.
One of the biggest successes of 2022 is in the Solana NFT community. NFTs are onboarding hundreds of thousands of users to the network, with over $3.6b in primary and secondary sales.
Thousands of devs on Solana with a thousand plus programs used every single day. 1,092 programs used on Solana on Nov. 8 — near an all-time high — and an estimated >25,000 unique developers who have written, deployed, and audited Solana programs, according to @sec3dev
Additionally, @GoogleCloud is running a block-producing validator on Solana and will bring Blockchain Node Engine to the Solana chain next year.
Solana NFTs are now supported on @instagram and @Facebook.
.@neonlabsorg is bringing EVM to Solana in December.mobile.twitter.com
.@ASICSAmerica tapped @SolanaPay to power limited global shoe drop with loyalty badge and @StepnOfficial NFT.
.@saydialect went live with Smart Messages on 50+ Solana projects.
.@xNFT_Backpack brought executable NFTs to Solana, with developer interest at Breakpoint high.
.@BetDEXLabs announced they are going live on Solana before the 2022 World Cup. mobile.twitter.com
Major progress was announced for Saga and @SolanaMobile Stack, along with support from @Helium and @Ledger. solanamobile.com
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