📖 Solana Overview
Solana is a high-throughput L1 blockchain optimized for low latency and low fees. Programs (smart contracts) are compiled to BPF bytecode and run on the Solana runtime; state is stored in accounts owned by programs.
🎯 Why Solana
- Throughput — Thousands of TPS; sub-second finality
- Cost — Very low fees per transaction
- Ecosystem — Metaplex (NFTs), Anchor (framework), Phantom , Solana Web3.js
📚 Core Concepts
| Concept | Description |
|---|---|
| Account | Data stored on-chain: balance (SOL), owner, data blob. See Accounts. |
| Program | Immutable on-chain code (like a smart contract). See Programs. |
| Transaction | One or more instructions; each instruction calls a program with accounts and data. |
| Cluster | Network: mainnet-beta, devnet, testnet. |
🔗 Official Resources
📖 In This Section
- Accounts — How data and SOL are stored on-chain
- Programs — On-chain code and how to interact
- Metaplex (NFTs) — NFT standard and tooling
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