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licensed and confirmed to depict the object we claim. Otherwise we cite it and link you to
the museum — we would rather show you nothing than show you the wrong thing.
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Solana whitepaper 2017
Solana Foundation (self-published)
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Solana Whitepaper (Proof of History)
Solana Foundation (self-published) · Solana whitepaper 2017 · November 2017
The original technical whitepaper by Anatoly Yakovenko introducing 'Proof of History,' the innovation behind Solana's speed.
This document is Niko's entire personality laid out in advance: obsessed with speed, engineered to never waste a microsecond.
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solana-labs/solana
GitHub (solana-labs/solana)
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Solana GitHub Source Code Repository
GitHub (solana-labs/solana) · solana-labs/solana · 2018-present
The open-source codebase for the Solana blockchain protocol, licensed under Apache 2.0.
Every rule Niko follows is written in code anyone can read — there's no hidden agenda, just cold, published logic running exactly as designed.
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Mainnet beta launch, March 2020
Solana Foundation Archive
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Solana Mainnet Beta Launch Records
Solana Foundation Archive · Mainnet beta launch, March 2020 · March 16, 2020
Official records and announcements marking the launch of Solana's mainnet beta.
This is the exact day Niko went live — and within two years he'd be worth $260, then crash below $10. Speed cuts both ways.
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FTX/SOL crash analysis 2022
Business Insider Archive
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FTX/Alameda SOL Holdings Analysis
Business Insider Archive · FTX/SOL crash analysis 2022 · 2022
Financial analysis documenting FTX and Alameda Research's massive holdings of roughly 58 million SOL tokens before the exchange's collapse.
Niko's near-death experience — tied so closely to one company's fate that when FTX collapsed, he nearly went down with it.
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Breakpoint conference archive
Solana Foundation Archive
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Solana Breakpoint Conference Records
Solana Foundation Archive · Breakpoint conference archive · 2021 onward
Archival records from Solana's flagship annual developer and community conference, held in cities including Lisbon.
Niko doesn't have a hometown the way old currencies do — his community gathers wherever the conference lands that year.
Primary sources
The documents themselves. We link and quote — that is citation, and it needs no licence.
Wikipedia: Solana (Blockchain Platform)
encyclopedia_entry · Ongoing · Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
Overview reference on Solana's technology, history, and market performance.
A general overview of how Solana works and its history as a cryptocurrency.
Solana: Year in Review 2020
official_publication · 2020 · Solana Foundation · Solana Foundation
Official year-end summary of Solana's first year of mainnet operations.
Solana's own official recap of its first year running live in 2020.
FTX Collapse and SOL Price Crash Analysis
news_analysis · 2022 · Business Insider · Business Insider
Financial journalism analyzing the impact of FTX's collapse on Solana's price and ecosystem.
A news analysis of how the FTX crypto exchange collapse badly hurt Solana's price and reputation.
Solana Whitepaper: Proof of History
technical_document · 2017 · Anatoly Yakovenko · Solana Foundation
The founding technical document describing Solana's core innovation for fast transaction processing.
The original technical paper explaining the special technology that makes Solana so fast.
Solana GitHub Repository
source_code_archive · 2018-present · Solana Labs · GitHub
The complete open-source codebase for the Solana protocol.
The public, freely viewable computer code that actually runs the Solana network.
Where this money travelled
Niko was engineered in Silicon Valley, launched into a decentralized global network, and nearly destroyed by a single exchange's collapse before recovering.
San Francisco (Solana Labs)37.7749, -122.4194
Global Validator Network0.0000, 0.0000
Lisbon, Portugal (Breakpoint 2021)38.7223, -9.1393
Nassau, Bahamas (FTX HQ)25.0343, -77.3963
What we don't know
The page no competitor will build.
- 5 of 5 objects on this page are cited but not shown — either the rights are not cleared, or we could not verify that an available image really depicts the object. We would rather show you nothing than show you the wrong thing.
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