The Greenest Chain on Earth

A visual story of Solana's environmental impact - Earth Day 2026

Earth Day 2026

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"What if a blockchain could be as light on the planet as it is fast?"

Solana is a high-performance blockchain designed for speed, scale, and low-cost transactions.

As blockchain adoption grows, energy efficiency becomes central to responsible infrastructure and long-term sustainability.

This report-style page shows live network throughput and contextual comparisons across energy and carbon impact.

By the numbers

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Current TPS

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Energy per tx (Wh)

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CO2 per tx (g)

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Network Uptime

Energy. Reimagined.

Transaction-level energy intensity reveals the structural difference between legacy consensus systems and modern efficient chain design.

Solana's architecture keeps per-transaction energy use dramatically low, even at high throughput.

Bitcoin uses 2.2 millionx more energy per transaction

Energy per Transaction (Wh) - Log Scale

Every transaction on Solana saves the planet a little more.

543g CO2 saved per transaction vs Bitcoin

CO2 per Transaction (g)

Carbon, by comparison

Carbon intensity per transaction reframes blockchain progress through environmental cost, not just speed and volume.

Across major chains, Solana operates with a fraction of the emissions footprint per transaction.

0.00024g CO2 per tx on Solana vs 543g on Bitcoin

Live Network Pulse

Solana processes thousands of transactions every second - updated every 10 seconds

Data sourced from Solana mainnet RPC

Imagine the impact

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grams of CO2 saved vs Bitcoin - per million transactions