The Velas Network is a fork of Solana which enjoys EVM compatibility and supports Solidity smart contracts developed for the Ethereum blockchain. It merges the best features of two leading blockchains - the speed of Solana with the security of Ethereum, to offer the fastest Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chain to take on Ethereum 2.0.
The hybrid public blockchain is an excellent platform for building and deploying decentralized applications (dApps) that need scalability. It boasts a throughput as high as 75k TPS (transactions per second) and a transaction finality time of 1.2 seconds. In addition to its high throughput, the EVM-compatible ecosystem can also support Ethereum-based dApps with lower transaction costs and higher efficiency overall.
As of September 2022, the Velas blockchain has more than 100 nodes located worldwide and 138 validators participating in staking activities to help validate transactions and produce new blocks. Other products from the Velas team include Velas Account, Velas Vault, and Velas Wallet.
VLX is the native token of the Velas platform and is used to pay transaction fees and for staking to improve the resilience and security of the ecosystem. As of September 2022, the total number of $VLX staked by 1,300 shakers exceeds 741 million. The VLX circulating supply and total supply stand at around 2.2 billion.
