Republic of Solana

My biggest takeaway from Breakpoint is that Solana is not just a piece of financial technology, it is a fully functioning economy.

There are dollars, real assets, metals & rare minerals, energy, info markets, manufacturing, global trade happening.

There's politics, governance, and divided factions & debates over its future. Now, there's even a Solana constitution.

What we are actually part of is the birth of a country that lives entirely on the internet.

Today Solana is around the 157th largest country in the world by GDP, the size of Eswatini or Fiji.

But because it is globally integrated, it punches way above its weight from a forex & assets perspective, integrating with the world's largest banks and financial institutions.

You see Solana withstanding network attacks from nation state actors and holding its own with systems engineering instead of armies.

Solana is engaged in trade with countries like Bhutan (Rank 164), Kazakhstan (Rank 49), and the Isle of Man (Rank 154).