Helius

2.5 years ago, we made a bet to focus entirely on Solana. With the close of our $21.75M fundraise, we're doubling down on our mission to increase the economic potential of the world’s developers through crypto. Thank you to Haun Ventures and Founders Fund for co-leading our latest round, and to Foundation Capital, Chapter One, 6MV, and Spearhead for their continued support. Solana’s Rapid Growth ?? Solana is hitting all-time highs and eclipsing Ethereum across important on-chain metrics like Real Economic Value and interest among new devs. With all this activity on Solana, the demand has never been greater for: ? Scalable RPCs ? Expressive APIs ? Reliable methods for landing transactions competitively ?? Building a Founder-First Developer Platform ?? Today, our RPCs and APIs are powering 100s of projects: from crypto’s largest teams like Coinbase, Paxos, and Ledger to Solana’s biggest DeFi super apps like Jupiter, and ambitious DePIN primitives like Helium and Hivemapper. "Anyone that's tried to build on Solana without Helius knows it's a painful experience. Helius is solving this at scale with a full stack Solana developer platform. This type of vertically integrated stack, custom-made for Solana, is exactly what developers need to focus on their actual application rather than the nuances of building on Solana." — Bridget Harris, Founders Fund ?? Running Solana’s Top Validator ?? To improve network performance we launched the Helius Validator. ??? In May 2024, we launched the Helius validator and the hSOL LST ??? By July 2024, we became Solana’s top validator by stake ??? Today, we serve over 25K hSOL holders, stakers, and institutions By returning 100% of Solana inflation rewards and 100% of MEV rewards to stakers, we provide access to Solana’s highest APYs. Over the last 10 epochs (699-709) our validator averaged ~9.54% APY ?? What's next? ?? Despite Solana’s renaissance over the last 16 months, and it’s top 5 position across all of crypto, there is still much work to be done. We're excited to announce a series of brand new products over the next quarter that will 10X the Solana developer experience for every founder: ?? Faster and more expressive reads for Solana archival data ?? Faster and more reliable data streaming ?? Support for new SVM networks and network extensions ??? Help Build the Future ??? If you want to accelerate world computing, solve hard engineering problems, and make Solana the most developer-friendly blockchain, let's talk. We're looking for people who want to: ? Build low-latency, high-scale distributed systems ? Shape the future of Solana and hence all of crypto ? Work with a team of crypto’s best engineers If this sounds like you, apply to one of our open roles. Link below. Accelerate.

Best podcast I've ever done We talk about meaning, crypto, future of solana, personal issues, mindset and more — very well done by the team. give it a listen: https://lnkd.in/g55PZFVE

Got to talk about Solana and Helius on CNBC today. First blazer I've worn in at least 2 years lmao

Latest Talking Tokens podcast with Mert Mumtaz, co-founder and CEO of Helius discusses: - Solana Labs devs, the ecosystem and his outlook for the chain - US election's impact on crypto - him leaving Coinbase to start Helius and why he wishes he became a founder sooner - building a company brand and more Listen in on: YouTube https://lnkd.in/eqja67Hs Spotify https://lnkd.in/ePn5UuVK Apple https://lnkd.in/ewVY_jU6

Is Solana centralized? No. We wrote the definitive report. Here’s 17 facts and figures to prove it ?? We just published the definitive guide to Solana’s decentralization. Because it’s 4,500 words, we extracted the key points for you ?? Node Decentralization: ?? Solana is distributed across 4,514 nodes (as of epoch 685) ?? Of these nodes, 1,414 are validators and 3,100 are RPCs ?? Solana's Nakamoto Coefficient is frequently cited as 19 Stake Decentralization: ?? No validator controls more than 3.2% of total stake ?? 20% of stake is delegated in North America ?? 68% of stake is delegated in Europe ?? Solana’s validator set spans 37 countries & territories ?? US (18.3% of stake); Netherlands (13.7%); UK (13.7%) Hosting Provider Decentralization: ?? Validators are dispersed across 135 hosting providers ?? Teraswitch (24% stake) and Latitude (19%) are the largest Client Decentralization: ???? Solana & Ethereum are the only L1s with multiple clients ???? The Agave client codebase has 357 contributors ???? The Firedancer client has 57 contributors ???? The Jito client holds 88% of the network's stake Developer Decentralization: ?? Solana’s developer community is geographically distributed ?? The Radar hackathon saw 13k+ participants from 156 countries ?? SuperTeam is live in 16 countries and has 1,300 members Cite this the next time someone claims Solana is centralized. Our mission is to accelerate Solana and the founders building on it. This means running the top Solana validator, operating the best developer platform, and serving 1000s of active teams around the world. If you’re exploring, building, or expanding to Solana, DM us ?? We’re here to help you scale without limit or interruption. Full report linked in the comments. ?? Accelerate.

Solana developers deserve the option to pay with any payment method across all of our products. Thanks to Loop Crypto, this is now possible. Introducing, seamless crypto subscriptions with NO pre-funding: Why is crypto autopay such a BIG deal? Crypto wallets are not credit cards ??♂? ?? Managing crypto payments is complex — for us and our customers — especially when most of our products are subscription and usage-based. Thanks to Loop, now you can avoid a lot of the hassle ? So, how does crypto autopay work? Historically, you would need to top up wallets each month ??♂? Here's how it works with Loop today: ?? You give Loop's smart contract approval to charge your wallet ?? Your approval limit is equal to 1 year of your subscription ?? We bill your wallet monthly via Loop's smart contract Because your wallet controls the authorization, you can lower your approval limit to 0 or increase your limit to extend your subscription at any time. Plus, all of this can easily be managed in Loop’s billing portal ? Partnering with Loop has been amazing ?? Not only has their incredible team built many custom features for us, they've also been hands-on and SUPER easy to work with. While we strive for a seamless migration, billing issues may arise. If you find bugs, please contact support via Discord or via chat in your dashboard. Ok, back to building. Accelerate ????

Looking to work full-time in web3? There are over 200 opportunities available to work in the growing Solana ecosystem, including an open position to work with us at the Solana Foundation! Be part of building the future of decentralized tech, with open roles like: ???? Developer Relations Engineer at Jito Labs ?? Gameshift Sales Lead at Solana Labs ?? Lead SWE Payments & Commerce at Solana Foundation ?? Legal Officer at Pyth Data Association ?? Android Engineer at Teleport Ready to dive in? Explore the Solana ecosystem jobs board and find your dream job: jobs.solana.com #solana #ethereum #web3 #crypto #blockchain