Quick TakeSolana is a blockchain platform designed for high throughput and decentralized applicationsSolana advocates argue that one of the benefits to its network is that it can scale without breaking composability or the need for sharding, whereas, with Ethereum, layer-2 solutions and sharding will break or at least limit the composability of smart contractsIn total, The Block has identified 90 projects and companies across 11 different verticals currently expanding on its ecosystem.