The Solana Foundation issues transparency reports every month to shed light on the previous month’s token activity, expected token activity for the current month, and other updates in relation to the SOL token. The goal for these reports is simple: token activity transparency.
Anyone can view the network live at Solana Beach (made by Staking Facilities), and use the native block explorer to review transactions on both the Solana Mainnet Beta and Solana Testnet.
GLOSSARY
Circulating Supply: The number of tokens that are currently unlocked and in accounts outside of the control of the Solana Foundation or Solana Labs.
Total Supply: The total number of tokens in existence, including locked tokens
Burned Tokens: Tokens that have been locked indefinitely and removed from the circulating and total supply, either manually or through transaction fees.
STATE OF THE SUPPLY AS OF AUGUST 4, 2020
Current Total Supply: ◎488,624,574
Current Burned Tokens: ◎11,375,426
Current Circulating Supply: ◎24,444,413
Validators spend about 1 SOL per day in vote transaction fees, which are burnt and removed from supply. Since genesis, approximately ~6,000 SOL have been burnt and removed from circulating and total supply due to vote transaction fees.
Due to distributions of airdrops and validator fees, as well as transaction fee burning, the circulating supply as shown on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, other price references sites, and the Solana Explorer may differ slightly from the numbers reported here. The circulating supply as shown on CoinMarketCap is incorrect, and Solana team members are working with them to resolve this.
SUPPLY FORECAST FOR 2020
From May 2020 through the end of 2020, the Solana Foundation is committed to introducing no more than ◎8,000,000 per month (separate from previously committed distributions) into the circulating supply through any of the following means:
- Conducting airdrops for the purpose of educating users and growing awareness of the project. “For example, the Solana Foundation conducted an airdrop in collaboration with Binance as part of its initial launch on the Exchange.”
- Grant and delegation programs for research and development initiatives led by third parties that advance the growth and development of the ecosystem.
- Selling tokens through primary sales on exchanges or elsewhere, or through an auction on a non-exchange platform such as CoinList
The 8m per month limit only applies to the tokens held by the Foundation until Jan 7 2021.
UNLOCK SCHEDULE
By January 7th, 2021, the total unlocked supply will be approximately ◎457,384,933, excluding inflationary rewards. The exact number may vary as validators and service providers earn compensation, but the number is not expected to fluctuate by more than 5%. The exact time is determined by the stake-weighted average of dates submitted by validators. These tokens include:
Employees and Service Providers: ◎18,282,534 have been committed through contracts with service providers as part of ongoing or completed efforts. Many of the contracts specify a vesting schedule with various dates to consider. ◎7,172,862 are projected to have been earned and will unlock on January 7th, 2021.
SAFT Investors: All of the SAFT investor tokens will be unlocked at the same time on approximately January 7th, 2021. The amount of SAFT investor tokens is ◎176,949,616.
Founders: Half of the founders’ tokens will be unlocked. This amount of Founder tokens currently expected to be unlocked on January 7th, 2021 is ◎31,250,000. The remaining half of the founders’ tokens will unlock monthly over the following 24 months.
Validators: ◎3,271,751 have been committed through contracts with validators as part of ongoing or completed incentivized testnet events and work on mainnet beta as of May 1st, 2020. Not all of the SOL will be earned throughout the course of their service agreements. As of May 1st, 2020, ◎2,360,047 tokens were earned and set for distribution. On January 7th, 2021 a maximum of ◎300,000 will be fully unlocked. The remaining SOL that are earned will have various unlocking dates through May 2021.
Community and Foundation: Remaining tokens are held by the Solana Foundation and Solana Labs. The Community Pool is not currently locked in a smart contract, as has been the case since the token generation event. However, as outlined above the Solana Foundation has committed to introducing no more than ◎8,000,000 into the circulating supply each calendar month through the end of 2020, and will, to the best of its ability, provide transparency into these activities through reports such as this one. The ◎8,000,000 per month applies only to tokens held by the Foundation or Solana Labs, including any inflationary rewards earned by either entity.
CoinList Auction: No additional tokens will be unlocked. Auction tokens delivered to participants have been 100% unlocked since delivery in April 2020.
ACTIVITY IN THE MONTH OF JULY
In the month of July, the Solana Foundation added ◎8,000,000 tokens into circulation.
Grants, Partnerships, and Fundraising
◎7,906,876 were distributed for development grants, previously announced partnerships, unannounced partnerships, and fundraising activities. This includes ◎3,797,012 for exchange-related activities, ◎500,010 for capital markets services, ◎3,000,000 for partnership-related grants and purchases, and ◎609,854 for exchange sales.
Community Airdrops
◎71,124 were distributed for participants of the Solana Educational Event for MXC, Bithumb Global, and BitMax. Another ◎66,380 was distributed to help increase global community awareness through various events and campaigns.
Validators
◎22,000 unlocked tokens have been distributed to the validator community to support network fees. These validators are contractually bound to only use the tokens to pay for network fees.
In the month of July, Solana Labs distributed ◎42,153,641 in locked tokens to investors, validators and service providers. All tokens are locked until at least January 7, 2021 at which point they will enter the circulating supply.
SAFT Tokens
Solana Labs distributed ◎41,043,794 to SAFT investors. All SAFT tokens are distributed in the form of locked stake accounts.
Service Providers & Validators
Solana Labs distributed ◎1,109,847 to service providers and validators in the form of locked stake accounts.
EXPECTED ACTIVITY IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST
Unlocked Tokens
During the month of August, The Solana Foundation expects to release up to ◎8,000,000 into circulation for various community, partnership, grant, exchange, and fundraising activities.
SAFT Tokens
The Solana Foundation hopes to distribute the remaining balance of ◎75,315,519 to SAFT investors. All SAFT tokens will be distributed in the form of locked stake accounts, which will unlock on January 7th, 2021.
EXCHANGE LISTINGS
On April 7th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on Binance with three trading pairs: SOL/BTC, SOL/BNB, and SOL/BUSD.
On June 25th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on gate.io with one trading pair: SOL/USDT.
On July 7th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on MXC with two trading pairs: SOL/BTC and SOL/USDT
On July 11th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on Bithumb Global with two trading pairs SOL/BTC and SOL/USDT
On July 17th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on BitMax with one trading pair SOL/USDT
On July 26th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on FTX with three trading pairs SOL/BTC, SOL/USD, and SOL/USDT
Unofficial exchange listings include Hoo.com, Hotbit, CoinDCX, and Bilaxy. Current trading pairs: SOL/BTC, SOL/USDT, SOL/BNB, and SOL/BUSD.
JULY 2020
The Solana Foundation issues transparency reports every month to shed light on the previous month’s token activity, expected token activity for the current month, and other updates in relation to the SOL token. The goal for these reports is simple: token activity transparency.
Anyone can view the network live at Solana Beach (made by Staking Facilities), and use our native block explorer to review transactions on both the Solana Mainnet Beta and Solana Testnet.
GLOSSARY
Circulating Supply: The number of tokens that are currently unlocked and in accounts outside of the control of the Solana Foundation or Solana Labs.
Total Supply: The total number of tokens in existence, including locked tokens
Burned Tokens: Tokens that have been locked indefinitely and removed from the circulating and total supply, either manually or through transaction fees.
STATE OF THE SUPPLY AS OF JUNE 16, 2020
Current Total Supply: ◎488,628,352
Current Burned Tokens: ◎11,365,067
Current Circulating Supply: ◎16,509,843
As of July 1st, 2020, Solana’s Circulating Supply is composed of:
Coinlist Auction on March 24th, 2020 — ◎8,021,989
Market Maker Loan: ◎8,000,000
Community Airdrops: ◎425,854
Validator Fees: ◎62,000
Validators spend about 1 SOL per day in vote transaction fees, which are burnt and removed from supply. Since genesis, approximately ~6,000 SOL have been burnt and removed from circulating and total supply due to vote transaction fees.
Due to distributions of airdrops and validator fees, as well as transaction fee burning, the circulating supply as shown on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, other price references sites, and the Solana Explorer may differ slightly from the numbers reported here. The circulating supply as shown on CoinMarketCap is incorrect, and Solana team members are working with them to resolve this.
SUPPLY FORECAST FOR 2020
From May 2020 through the end of the year, the Solana Foundation is committed to introducing no more than ◎8,000,000 per month (separate from previously committed distributions) into the circulating supply through any of the following means:
- Conducting airdrops for the purpose of educating users and growing awareness of the project. “For example, the Solana Foundation conducted an airdrop in collaboration with Binance as part of its initial launch on the Exchange.”
- Grant and delegation programs for research and development initiatives led by third parties that advance the growth and development of the ecosystem.
- Selling tokens through primary sales or through an auction on a non-exchange platform such as CoinList
The 8m per month limit only applies to the tokens held by the Foundation until Jan 7 2021. As outlined below in the “Activity in the Month of June” section: During the month of June, the Solana Foundation will be adding between 175,000 and 350,000 SOL into circulation for various community initiatives, including airdrops. Otherwise, no large sales or distributions are planned for June.
UNLOCK SCHEDULE
By January 7th, 2021, the total unlocked supply will be ◎457,384,933, excluding inflationary rewards. The exact time is determined by the stake-weighted average of dates submitted by validators. These tokens include:
Employees and Service Providers: ◎18,282,534 have been committed through contracts with service providers as part of ongoing or completed efforts. Many of the contracts specify a vesting schedule with various dates to consider. ◎7,172,862 will have been earned and will unlock on January 7th, 2021.
SAFT Investors: All of the SAFT investor tokens will be unlocked at the same time on approximately January 7th, 2021. The amount of SAFT investor tokens is ◎176,949,616.
Founders: Half of the founders’ tokens will be unlocked. This amount of Founder tokens currently expected to be unlocked on January 7th, 2021 is ◎31,250,000. The remaining half of the founders’ tokens will unlock monthly over the following 24 months.
Validators: ◎3,271,751 have been committed through contracts with validators as part of ongoing or completed incentivized testnet events and work on mainnet beta as of May 1st, 2020. Not all of the SOL will be earned throughout the course of their service agreements. As of May 1st, 2020, ◎2,360,047 tokens were earned and set for distribution. On January 7th, 2021 a maximum of ◎300,000 will be fully unlocked. The remaining SOL that is earned will have various unlocking dates through May 2021.
Community and Foundation: Remaining tokens are held by the Solana Foundation and Solana Labs. The Community Pool is not currently locked in a smart contract, as has been the case since the token generation event. However, as outlined above the Solana Foundation has committed to introducing no more than ◎8,000,000 into the circulating supply each calendar month through the end of 2020, and will, to the best of its ability, provide transparency into these activities through reports such as this one. The ◎8,000,000 per month applies only to tokens held by the Foundation, including any inflationary rewards earned by the Foundation.
CoinList Auction: No additional tokens will be unlocked. Auction tokens delivered to participants have been 100% unlocked since delivery in April 2020.
Inflation: Inflation rewards have not yet been enabled by the Foundation. If inflation is enabled prior to Jan7 2021, tokens that are locked until Jan 7th, 2021 cannot withdraw inflationary rewards. Inflationary rewards are distributed automatically to stakes that are actively participating in consensus. The rewards that are distributed to unlocked stakes may be withdrawn and may enter circulation. The Foundation is limited to releasing no more than ◎8,000,000 per month until the end of 2020 including any earned inflationary rewards.
ACTIVITY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE
In the month of June, the Solana Foundation added ◎140,604 tokens into circulation.
SAFT Tokens
On June 10th, 2020 the Solana Foundation distributed ◎8,187,555 to 9 investors in the form of locked stake accounts. As of June 16th, 2020, there were a total of ◎116,359,311 yet to be distributed to SAFT investors.
Community Airdrops
◎125,754.530 was sent to gate.io for community airdrops. An additional ◎17,600 was distributed for various community efforts.
Validators
As of July 1st, ◎62,000 unlocked tokens have been distributed to the validator community to support network fees. These validators are contractually bound to only use the tokens to pay for network fees.
As of July 1st, ◎1,928,712 in locked tokens have been distributed to validators as compensation for participation in the Tour de SOL (Solana’s incentivized testnet), soft launch, and Mainnet Beta initiatives.
EXPECTED ACTIVITY IN THE MONTH OF JULY
During the month of July, The Solana Foundation expects to release up to ◎8,000,000 into circulation for various community, exchange, and fundraising activities.
SAFT Tokens
The Solana Foundation hopes to distribute the remaining balance of ◎116,359,311 to SAFT investors. All SAFT tokens will be distributed in the form of locked stake accounts, which will unlock on January 7th, 2021.
Community Airdrops
To support exchange listings The Solana Foundation is expected to add up to 1 million unlocked SOL into circulation.
Validators
The Solana Foundation plans to distribute ◎431,335 in locked tokens to validators as compensation for participation in the Tour de SOL (Solana’s incentivized testnet), soft launch, and Mainnet Beta initiatives.
Fundraising
During the month of July, the Solana Foundation is expected to add up to 7 million unlocked SOL into circulation to support fundraising efforts.
Between all efforts in July, including community airdrops, validator compensation, and fundraising, the number of tokens added into circulation will not exceed the 8 million SOL that the Solana Foundation can release into the market each month.
EXCHANGE LISTINGS
On April 7th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on Binance with three trading pairs: SOL/BTC, SOL/BNB, and SOL/BUSD.
On June 25th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on gate.io with one trading pair: SOL/ USDT.
Unofficial exchange listings include Hoo.com, Hotbit, CoinDCX, and Bilaxy. Current trading pairs: SOL/BTC, SOL/USDT, SOL/BNB, and SOL/BUSD. CoinMarketCap’s market pair page currently does not list the gate.io pair, but the Solana Foundation is working with CMC to correct this error.
STAKER PRICE GUARANTEE
Solana has implemented a Staker Price Guarantee for users who purchase SOL tokens in an auction or on an exchange, register them, and stake them to secure the network. The current price guarantee is $0.198 USD (90% of the CoinList auction reserve price of $0.220 USD, which was established on March 24th, 2020). This price guarantee is valid through April 7, 2021. The goal of this program is to incentivize staking on the network while providing a guaranteed price floor and potential loss limit against price fluctuations to those who choose to stake and participate in the program.
Updates to the Staker Price Guarantee
As of June 20th, 2020, Solana no longer accepts all wallet addresses to be registered for the Staker Price Guarantee, but requires that new registrants provide a stake account address in order to register. To be eligible for redemption, the original program rules for staking have not changed. A registered stake account must be continuously delegated for at least 48 hours from the time of registration to the time of redemption to be eligible for the guaranteed price.
End of the Staker Price Guarantee Registration Period
The registration period for the Staker Price Guarantee will end on July 7th, 2020. During the course of the 3 month registration period, there have been no additional sales of tokens from the Solana Foundation. There are no additional sales planned before July 7th, 2020.
A NOTE TO TOKEN HOLDERS
Thank you to everyone who has supported Solana over the past two years. The protocol depends on the support, evangelism, and adoption of users who care about the future of decentralized finance and marketplaces. Through the support of token holders and early adopters like Terra, Kin, Chainlink, and many others, the hope is to see this future play out as soon as possible. The performance and throughput of Solana are critical for the journey to be successful.
Solana and its various stakeholders will always strive for clarity, transparency, and fairness. There is always room to improve, and your feedback is greatly appreciated. This transparency report is one of many steps being taken to establish and maintain these values. Please stay tuned for more updates, and as always, thank you so much for your support.
JUNE 2020
As the Solana token user base continues to grow, it is of utmost importance for the Solana Foundation to maintain a high level of transparency with regards to the SOL token. Moving forward, the Solana Foundation will be releasing a monthly transparency report to cover the previous month’s token activity, expected token activity for the current month, and other updates in relation to the SOL token. The goal for these reports is simple: token activity transparency.
On April 7th, 2020 the native Solana token (SOL, symbol ◎) was officially listed on Binance with three trading pairs: SOL/BTC, SOL/BNB, and SOL/BUSD.
Anyone can view the network live at Solana Beach (made by Staking Facilities), and use our native block explorer to review transactions on both the Solana Mainnet Beta and Solana Testnet.
GLOSSARY
Circulating Supply: The number of tokens that are currently unlocked and in accounts outside of the control of the Solana Foundation or Solana Labs.
Total Supply: The total number of tokens in existence, including locked tokens
Burned Tokens: Tokens that have been locked indefinitely and removed from the circulating and total supply, either manually or through transaction fees.
STATE OF THE SUPPLY AS OF JUNE 16, 2020
Current Total Supply: ◎488,634,933
Current Burned Tokens: ◎11,365,067
Current Circulating Supply: ◎16,348,889
As of June 16, 2020, Solana’s Circulating Supply is composed of:
CoinList Auction on March 24th, 2020 — ◎8,021,989
Market Maker Loan: ◎8,000,000
Airdrops: ◎283,400
Validator Fees: ◎43,500
Due to distributions of airdrops and validator fees, as well as transaction fee burning, the circulating supply as shown on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, other price references sites, and the Solana Explorer may differ slightly from the numbers reported here. The circulating supply as shown on CoinMarketCap is incorrect, and Solana team members are working with them to resolve this.
SUPPLY FORECAST FOR 2020
From May 2020 through the end of the year, the Solana Foundation is committed to introducing no more than ◎8,000,000 per month (separate from previously committed distributions) into the circulating supply through any of the following means:
- Conducting airdrops for the purpose of educating users and growing awareness of the project. “For example, the Solana Foundation conducted an airdrop in collaboration with Binance as part of its initial launch on the Exchange.”
- Grant and delegation programs for research and development initiatives led by third parties that advance the growth and development of the ecosystem.
- Selling tokens through primary sales or through an auction on a non-exchange platform such as CoinList
As outlined below in the “Activity in the Month of June” section: During the month of June, the Solana Foundation will be adding between 175,000 and 350,000 SOL into circulation for various community initiatives, including airdrops. Otherwise, no large sales or distributions are planned for June.
UNLOCK SCHEDULE
By January 7th, 2021, the total unlocked supply will be ◎457,384,933, excluding inflationary rewards. The exact time is determined by the stake-weighted average of dates submitted by validators. These tokens include:
Employees and Service Providers: ◎18,282,534 have been committed through contracts with service providers as part of ongoing or completed efforts. Many of the contracts specify a vesting schedule with various dates to consider. ◎7,172,862 will have been earned and will unlock on January 7th, 2021.
SAFT Investors: All of the SAFT investor tokens will be unlocked at the same time on approximately January 7th, 2021. The amount of SAFT investor tokens is ◎176,949,616.
Founders: Half of the founders’ tokens will be unlocked. This amount of Founder tokens currently expected to be unlocked on January 7th, 2021 is ◎31,250,000. The remaining half of the founders’ tokens will unlock monthly over the following 24 months.
Validators: ◎3,271,751 have been committed through contracts with validators as part of ongoing or completed incentivized testnet events and work on mainnet beta as of May 1st, 2020. Not all of the SOL will be earned throughout the course of their service agreements. As of May 1st, 2020, ◎2,360,047 tokens were earned and set for distribution. On January 7th, 2021 a maximum of ◎300,000 will be fully unlocked. The remaining SOL that are earned will have various unlocking dates through May 2021.
Community and Foundation: Remaining tokens are held by the Solana Foundation and Solana Labs. The Community Pool is not currently locked in a smart contract, as has been the case since the token generation event. However, as outlined above the Solana Foundation has committed to introducing no more than ◎8,000,000 into the circulating supply each calendar month through the end of 2020, and will, to the best of its ability, provide transparency into these activities through reports such as this one. The ◎8,000,000 per month applies only to tokens held by the Foundation, including any inflationary rewards earned by the Foundation.
CoinList Auction: No additional tokens will be unlocked. Auction tokens delivered to participants have been 100% unlocked since delivery in April 2020.
Inflation: Inflation rewards have not yet been enabled by the Foundation. If inflation is enabled prior to Jan7 2021, tokens that are locked until Jan 7th 2021 cannot withdraw inflationary rewards. Inflationary rewards are distributed automatically to stakes that are actively participating in consensus. The rewards that are distributed to unlocked stakes may be withdrawn and may enter circulation. The Foundation is limited to releasing no more than ◎8,000,000 per month until the end of 2020 including any earned inflationary rewards.
ACTIVITY IN THE MONTH OF APRIL/MAY
The primary token activities for the month of May were the token burn which has been disclosed and detailed in this post, as well as deliveries of locked tokens to satisfy obligations for SAFT sales to date. Other than the distribution of tokens for community airdrops and validators, no major sales or distributions of unlocked tokens took place in the month of May.
Token Burn
On May 23rd, 2020 the Solana Foundation successfully removed ◎11,365,067 (SOL) tokens from the token supply.
- The Solana Foundation received a total of ◎3,365,067 back from the market maker, which were transferred to a wallet directly controlled by the Solana Foundation. The transaction took place on May 11th and 12th across four transactions.
- ◎3,365,067 back from the market maker: Transaction 1, 2, 3, 4
- An additional ◎8,000,000 was transferred from the Foundation into the same wallet, on May 22nd. This corresponds to the expected maximum monthly issuance of Foundation tokens that was otherwise scheduled for May (as previously published in the SOL Token release schedule in the Binance Research Report). These two steps brought the total amount of SOL in this particular Foundation controlled wallet to ◎11,365,067.
- The entire ◎11,365,067 was then removed from the supply by transferring the tokens to a white-listed wallet of non-circulating supply addresses.
- On May 25th, 2020 the entire ◎11,365,067 were sent to the Solana burn address: ‘1nc1nerator1111111111111111111111111111111’.
SAFT Tokens
In May, the Solana Foundation delivered ◎52,402,755 out of the total of ◎176,949,621 locked tokens that have been sold as part of various SAFT sales to date. This initial delivery of locked tokens included 35 out of the 69 investors in the form of locked stake accounts. Locked stake accounts can be delegated, and the owner of a locked stake account can be changed, but the tokens in a locked stake account cannot be withdrawn into a wallet address for sale on an exchange. After these locked token deliveries in May, there were a total of ◎124,546,866 yet to be distributed to SAFT investors. To reiterate, these tokens are all locked until January 7th, 2021. We expect to deliver the rest of the locked tokens in July.
Community Airdrops
Two community airdrops took place as part of the Binance listing. First, the Solana Foundation held a listing campaign in partnership with Binance, in which 70,149 people participated. Second, the Solana Foundation hosted several AMAs across ten different Binance regional groups. Each AMA was held in that native language of the group, with answers translated by the help of both Binance and Solana admins.
Listing campaign: ◎236,363
AMA campaigns: ◎24,832
Community campaigns: ◎8075
ACTIVITY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE
For the remainder of June, the Solana Foundation will be adding between 175,000 and 350,000 SOL into circulation for various community initiatives, primarily airdrops. Other than this small amount of community airdrops, no large sales or distributions are planned for June.
SAFT Tokens
On June 10th, 2020 the Solana Foundation distributed ◎8,187,555 to 9 investors in the form of locked stake accounts. As of 16 June 2020, there were a total of ◎116,359,311 yet to be distributed to SAFT investors.
Community Airdrops
As mentioned above, during the month of June, the Solana Foundation will be adding between ◎175,000 and ◎350,000 SOL into circulation for various community initiatives.
As of June 17th, 2020 only ◎13,950 have been distributed for community efforts.
Validators
As of June 17th, ◎43,500 unlocked tokens have been distributed to the validator community to support network fees. These validators are contractually bound to only use the tokens to pay for network fees.
Solana Labs expects to distribute ◎2,360,047 in locked tokens in the month of June as compensation for participation in the Tour de SOL (Solana’s incentivized testnet), soft launch, and Mainnet Beta initiatives.
STAKER PRICE GUARANTEE
Solana has implemented a Staker Price Guarantee for users who purchase SOL tokens in an auction or on an exchange, register them, and stake them to secure the network. The current price guarantee is $0.198 USD (90% of the CoinList auction reserve price of $0.220 USD, which was established on March 24th, 2020). This price guarantee is valid through April 7, 2021. The goal of this program is to incentivize staking on the network while providing a guaranteed price floor and potential loss limit against price fluctuations to those who choose to stake and participate in the program.
End of the Staker Price Guarantee Registration Period
The registration period for the Staker Price Guarantee will end on July 7th, 2020. During the course of the 3 month registration period, there have been no additional sales of tokens from the Solana Foundation. There are no additional sales planned before July 7th, 2020.
Updates to the Staker Price Guarantee
The Staker Price Guarantee program is intended only to guarantee tokens held in delegated stake accounts. When a user receives SOL tokens from a trade, purchase, auction, or airdrop, the tokens are transferred to that user’s wallet address. Using some of these tokens, a user can choose to create and fund a separate stake account, which can then be delegated to a validator. This is known as a delegated stake account.
However, due to limited wallet support for managing stake accounts and delegations when the program was first created, Solana extended the price guarantee to any wallet address holding SOL tokens, provided that the tokens held at an address at the time of registration were not transferred to another address before redemption. As of June 11th, 2020, there were ◎268,923.29 registered and eligible for the price guarantee from participants who registered a wallet address.
Starting on June 20th, 2020, Solana will no longer accept all wallet addresses to be registered for the Staker Price Guarantee, but require that new registrants provide a stake account address in order to register. To be eligible for redemption, the original program rules for staking have not changed. A registered stake account must be continuously delegated for at least 48 hours from the time of registration to the time of redemption to be eligible for the guaranteed price.
A NOTE TO TOKEN HOLDERS
Thank you to everyone who has supported Solana over the past two years. The protocol depends on the support, evangelism, and adoption of users who care about the future of decentralized finance and marketplaces. Through the support of token holders and early adopters like Terra, Kin, Chainlink, and many others, the hope is to see this future play out as soon as possible. The performance and throughput of Solana is critical for the journey to be successful.
Solana and its various stakeholders will always strive for clarity, transparency, and fairness. There is always room to improve, and your feedback is greatly appreciated. This transparency report is one of many steps being taken to establish and maintain these values. Please stay tuned for more updates, and as always, thank you so much for your support.
Corrections & Updates
6/22/2020: Unlock schedule was updated for greater clarity and to include a section on inflation.
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