A detail that has recently been brought up again is that guy Anatoly. As a co-founder of Solana, his net worth is estimated to be between $500 million and $800 million. This figure actually reflects the value creation process of the Solana blockchain from zero to one.

His wealth mainly comes from two sources: early equity in Solana Labs and his holdings of SOL tokens. But what’s truly interesting is his technical background. Before founding Solana, that guy Anatoly worked on high-performance operating system development at companies like Qualcomm, Dropbox, and Mesosphere. These experiences directly influenced his later design of Solana.

When he founded Solana in 2017, the core innovation in his white paper was the Proof-of-History consensus mechanism. This system enables Solana to handle extremely high transaction throughput, which is why Solana later became a leading high-performance blockchain. From a technical perspective, that guy Anatoly translated his deep understanding of systems directly into blockchain innovation.

Regarding SOL itself, the current price is around $84.17, with a 24-hour increase of 0.62%. As the native token of the Solana ecosystem, SOL’s performance to some extent also reflects the market’s recognition of that guy Anatoly and his team’s technological iterations over the past few years. If you're interested, you can follow SOL’s real-time market data on Gate.