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icopools.io
analysis

Competitive environment:
Today there are many projects in the crypto industry that are aimed to solve speed and scaling solutions of Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains. For example, QuarkChain, PChain, Credits, Red Belly, TRON, EOS, etc. But while most of them are only on the level of the idea or, in case of Credits, are controversial (because they don’t have Github repository and their demo videos are meeting a lot of criticism) Solana already provides the codebase and available for the test. With the current speed of the development project will be available for the public use before competitors.
Team points out next use cases of their product: payments, decentralized exchanges, distributed web services and storage, distributed ad exchanges.

SOCIAL ACTIVITY
While project shows a strong technological base, it’s not “making waves” in the social media aspect. Probably this is because the project, for now, is concentrating only on the product development and there are no marketing moves done yet. But in May 2018 team disclosed, that in one month number of their newsletter subscribers has increased from 12 000 to 30 000 and number of Telegram members crossed from 8 000 to 25 000 (right now 31 000+ members).
Medium: 350 average likes per post on average, no comments under posts.
Twitter: 4,5k followers, 40 likes and 10 retweets per post on average, no discussions under posts.
Telegram: 31,3k members, user activity is low.
Reddit (new): 817 followers, 1 comment on each post on average.
A big number of subscribers with the fact that user activity is very low tells about the possibility of the cheating with the userbase.

VERDICT
Solana is an interesting project with high probability to achieve aimed goals. While there is no active discussion of the project by the community and coverage by media, the strong team provides confidence in the product and its future.

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Ian Balina

Token distribution and partnerships q1 2019, so the tokens are over a year away, that's not a good sign already. All right, I mean an all-star team, I think I heard somebody saying that they had a long lock up as well and I mean it could be a good project, but I'm not really for projects with the long lock up. I definitely keep my eye on this, it's definitely worth adding to the watch list I'll have to do more homework on this.

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ICO Pantera
A+

Advantages.
1. Blockchain that maximizes scalability. They conducted a test net last February and have a relatively fast roadmap.
2. A model that supplements HashGraph. Stanford University's "Verifiable Delay Function" model has actually been implemented.
3. A blockchain, but relatively undervalued, included in the future of the `` blockchain scalability '' conference in California.
A complementary point
1. The highly scalable blockchain sphere is saturated with competitors.
2. Institutional investment have not yet participated in the sale.
3. There is no concrete token sale plan.

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Crypto Briefing
83%

The Solana ICO holds serious prospects as a novel approach to achieving high-throughput and scalability. The domain experience of the team and advanced level of product development show positive indications of a strong project. While roadmap to scaling and adoption is not yet clear, as an early stage project, this does not present a particularly concerning issue.

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InCodeWeTrust
A+
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Lendex
82
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icoscoring.com
ICO review website

High competition in the field of scalable blockchains. Solana is relatively late in the game with quite a few projects launching their mainnets in the next few months.

Roadmap to scaling and adoption is not yet clear. No major partnership announcements yet.  Lack of business substance (e.g. potential use cases) and a clear list of features in the current whitepaper. 

Currently, the token details have not yet been publicly released. Tokens will be distributed in Q1 2019, which means investors’ funds will be locked for quite a while. 

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Shin Chan
83%

Use Case: High Performance Blockchain(710 tx/s)
Remarks: Awaiting more information, scoring will change once I have.

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icocrunch.io
review

So, among multiple projects claiming to solve the scalability and speed issues of blockchain, what makes Solana different? Let’s begin with minuses. They don’t have an MVP yet, bad news. The main network release is planned to Q4 2018. What we see as pluses – an excellent team showing that the guys really work and are capable of reaching their goals. And their partners will help them. Good hype around the project guarantees a good ICO and positive short-term perspective. Anyway, they must hurry up.
Solana claims to reach fantastic 710 thousand TPS without sharding, and they do have a good chance to make it real.

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icorating.com
ICO review website

The project team consists of nine people with extensive experience in the tech field (they have previously worked for Qualcomm, Dropbox, Intel, Salesforce, etc). However, we draw attention to the lack of blockchain expertise. We draw attention to the fact that the project is at an early stage (its ICO is not scheduled until Q1 2019). ICO details or token metrics are not specified in the white paper or on the project website. Therefore, it is not possible to draw conclusions regarding token economics, distribution scheme, use of proceeds, bounty program, etc. On the project’s official GitHub profile there is no smart contract code available yet. However, according to the team, they are currently focused on technical aspects of the project, and as the project is still more than 5 months away from its ICO, we do not consider this a risk as of July 24, 2018. We note that the team lacks blockchain expertise or competence in cryptography. The project also lacks advisors. On the project’s website there are no links to LinkedIn profiles and one of the team members, also a co-founder, is simultaneously listed as co-founder & CDO of the Motion project until March, 2018; however, there is no information available about this project. The project currently does not have any advisors. The infrastructure space is starting to be more and more crowded and the Solana project arrives relatively late in the game. The whitepaper and website in its current state do not specify any features to help Solana to stand out against its competitors. Considering the strong academic and technical background and experience of the team, as well as the fact that the team is based in Silicon Valley, enabling them to collaborate with other startups in an ecosystem, they have the opportunity to gain an upper hand in this competitive space, which could partially offset this risk. The team does not disclose any detailed intended use of proceeds from the ICO, platform service fees are not specified, therefore potential revenue streams are unclear. In other words, as of July 24, 2018 it is unclear how the project will be monetized. We note that this risk is likely to lessen closer to the actual ICO date and when the relevant information about token metrics is disclosed. We note that the whitepaper has the following issues:

● An absence of direct competitor analysis. As the infrastructure industry gets more crowded it is crucial to hold a competitive analysis and to emphasize the advantages of the Solana project.

● Token and project economics are not clear (e.g. token metrics are not specified, pre-sale and public sale dates are not defined, etc.). It is unclear how the project will be monetized once launched.

● Planned marketing activities and details of partnership plans are not covered in the whitepaper; it is impossible to analyze or draw relevant conclusions regarding potential market exposure.

This risk may decrease closer to the actual ICO date and when the relevant information is disclosed. The roadmap does not contain any information about the pre-sale round. Another potential disadvantage is that the roadmap covers only technical aspects of the project and does not specify the business development process – e.g. when and how marketing activities will be performed, how many participants the company intends to reach by the end of 2018 and by 2019, etc. These risks are likely to decrease closer to the actual ICO date and when an updated version of whitepaper is released and/or the website is updated.

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primei.co
review

Strength and Opportunities:
The team behind Solana counts with solid experiences and holds various patents.Proof of History represents a novel architecture that may bring improvements but at the same time the design has not been tested extensively as it is the case for the architecture of other blockchains where the mainnet is live already for years.
Weaknesses and Threats:
Solana is not yet fully consolidated since no advisors and private investors were announced. However, Solana may announce these details in the upcoming weeks. Solana essentially is a competitor of Ethereum, EOS, Neo and other smart contract platforms, since the solutions that are planned to run on Solana are identical to the projects that are already running on Ethereum, such as Augur. Solana claims to deliver a higher scalability, but while the Solana team is developing its mainnet other projects are working hard to improve their scalability. It will be difficult to catch up to the current market leaders and attract the interest of developers to build on Solana unless the platform can deliver a scalability that is significantly better compared to all the other smart contract platforms.
Verdict:
We can expect Solana to disclose a range of advisors and private investors in the near future. Solana definitely is an interesting project to watch and counts with a skilled team. The vision of Solana is very ambitious. The next months should bring more clarity on the project and Solana may receive additional validation by announcing various private investors.

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