How did the idea of “ordering transactions with time” grow into an entire blockchain?
One detail: Anatoly Yakovenko, known in the community as Toly, is one of Solana’s co-founders.
With a shared reference for time, nodes don’t need to repeatedly confirm “which transaction came first”—this is one of the design principles behind Solana’s push for high throughput.
Remember this instead of memorizing a bunch of jargon. Verify information with multiple sources before acting; don’t rely on just one person’s account.
Initiating transactions and running programs on Solana both require $SOL to pay fees. Currently: 94.79.

For reference only; proceed at your own risk.