American retail giant Walmart has taken its first steps into the Metaverse with the launch of Walmart Land and Walmart’s Universe of Play on Roblox. According to the company’s Monday announcement, Walmart Land focuses on “immersive experiences,” with key features including a physics-defying Ferris wheel, unlockable tokens and badges, an interactive piano walkway and a D.J.[Read more…]
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Sep
Sep
On Thursday, the Helium Foundation announced that it would be moving its mainnet to the Solana blockchain following a community vote. According to the proposal, proof-of-coverage and Data transfer mechanisms will be moved to Helium Oracles. Meanwhile, Helium’s tokens and governance will relocate to that of the Solana blockchain. As told by developers, the benefits of the move[Read more…]
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Sep
Hype does not always equate to greater adoption, as the on-chain data from the second quarter of 2022 shows Solana (SOL) surpassing Ethereum in users’ daily transactions despite various drawbacks from both macroeconomic conditions and network outages. Throughout the second quarter, Solana’s daily transactions consistently increased, ending with more than 40 million daily transactions compared to[Read more…]
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Sep
Sep
Internet of Things (IoT) blockchain network Helium could transition to the Solana blockchain following a new HIP 70 governance proposal launched on Tuesday. The Helium core developers said the need to “improve operational efficiency and scalability” was required in order to bring “significant economies of scale” to the network. The Helium network operates by users installing a[Read more…]
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Jun
Solana (SOL) continued its recovery trend on June 28 while inching closer to triggering a classic bullish reversal setup. SOL’s price gained 2.42%, reaching an intraday high of $39.40. The SOL/USD pair is now up 50% as a part of a broader retracement move that began on June 14 after falling to lows of $26.[Read more…]
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Jun
From comparing the project to Apple and Ethereum to bringing up network outages, the community reacted to the new Web3 phone by Solana. The Solana team has brought mobile phones to Web3 after revealing Saga, Solana’s Android mobile device that will go out with the project’s latest stack for Web3 developers, the Solana Mobile Stack. The[Read more…]
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Jun
Jun
The new fund is intended to support the growth of NFT, gaming and DeFi projects on Solana and to help keep former Terra developers on their feet following Terra’s fall. Solana Ventures and the Solana Foundation have formed a $100-million fund to help support the growth of nonfungible token (NFT), blockchain gaming and decentralized finance[Read more…]
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Jun
Jun
Solana developers have tackled the “durable nonce transaction” bug that knocked the network offline for the fifth time this year earlier this month as network activity slows. Developers have fixed the runtime bug that caused the latest outage of the Solana (SOL) network on June 1. According to a report published by Solana Labs on[Read more…]
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Jan
The Viraverse Network’s initial token will be the Viral Inu Token. A Solana project that introduces the Viral Protocol. This protocol enables token producers to create Viraverse gateways where token holders may receive incentives for community development through a series of actions. What is the Viraverse Viraverse is a platform that allows token makers to[Read more…]
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