Solana Whitepaper Explained | Understanding Proof of History, Validators, Staking, and More!
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 Published On Nov 9, 2022

Let's be honest, when you bought some Solana, did you reaaallly know how the technology works? Luckily for you! In this video I will be going through the Solana whitepaper and docs so you don't have to! We'll be talking about the Solana blockchain architecture and all the different things to consider when making a L1 solution!

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00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Solana Network Architecture
03:01 - Leader Selection
05:43 - What is Proof of History?
12:23 - Verifying PoH Hashes
15:17 - Reaching block consense (PoS)
17:16 - Handling bad actor in consensus
19:25 - CAP Thorem for Distributed Systems
22.56 - Solana Cap Thorem Architecture
23:47 - How Solana Handles Network Failures
26:50 - Vertical Scaling vs Horizontal Scaling
33:11 - Conclusion and final thoughts

Solana Whitepaper:
https://solana.com/solana-whitepaper.pdf

Solana doc:
https://docs.solana.com/cluster/overview

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