How Solana is quietly building the future of internet capital markets

Key Points

1. Solana's 2027 roadmap introduces Application-Controlled Execution (ACE) to improve transaction execution precision and shift from traditional finance methods.

2. Jito’s Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM) will launch on testnet to create faster and more efficient capital markets.

3. DoubleZero, a peer-to-peer fiber upgrade, aims to enhance speed and security, with a full launch planned by mid-September.

4. Solana's network revenue grew to over $800 million in Q4 2024, up from virtually zero the previous year, with transaction efficiency improvements of 90-99%.

5. The network increased block capacity by 20% to 60 million compute units and plans further scalability upgrades by late 2025 to target the $1.4 trillion global payments market.