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- [TPU](tpu.md)
- [TVU](tvu.md)
- [NCP](ncp.md)
- [JSON RPC Service](jsonrpc-service.md)
- [The Runtime](runtime.md)
## Appendix

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the ledger, how they ensure the ledger is replicated, and how they cope with
buggy and malicious nodes.
## Creating a cluster
## Creating a Cluster
To create a cluster, one needs the fullnode software and a *genesis block*. A
minimal genesis block can be created using the command-line tools
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submit proofs that they have stored copies of it. Once the validator observes a
sufficient number of copies exist, it deletes its copy.
## Joining a cluster
## Joining a Cluster
Fullnodes and replicators enter the cluster via registration messages sent to
its *control plane*. The control plane is implemented using a *gossip*
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in the reference design just yet, because Solana's gossip implementation is
currently the bottleneck on the number of nodes per Solana cluster.
## Malicious nodes
## Malicious Nodes
Solana is a *permissionless* blockchain, meaning that anyone wanting to
participate in the network may do so. They need only *stake* some

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three loads of laundry simultaneously. Given infinite loads, the pipeline will
consistently complete a load at the rate of the slowest stage in the pipeline.
## Pipelining in the fullnode
## Pipelining in the Fullnode
The fullnode contains two pipelined processes, one used in leader mode called
the Tpu and one used in validator mode called the Tvu. In both cases, the

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$ sudo snap refresh solana --devmode
```
### Daemon support
### Daemon Support
The snap supports running a leader, validator or leader+drone node as a system
daemon.
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Runtime configuration files for the daemon can be found in
`/var/snap/solana/current/config`.
#### Leader daemon
#### Leader Daemon
```bash
$ sudo snap set solana mode=leader

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high-performance, permissionless blockchain. Solana is also the name of a
company headquartered in San Francisco that maintains the open source project.
# About this book
# About this Book
This book defines the architecture of Solana, a blockchain built from the
ground up for scale. The goal of the architecture is to demonstrate there
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accuracy and truthfulness. Furthermore, nothing in this project constitutes a
solicitation for investment.
# History of the Solana codebase
# History of the Solana Codebase
In November of 2017 Anatoly Yakovenko published a whitepaper describing Proof
of History, a technique for keeping time between computers that do not trust
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in the C programming language and run concurrently in a safe execution
environment called BPF. Next step: going permissionless.
# What is a Solana cluster and why would one use it?
# What is a Solana Cluster?
A cluster is a set of computers that work together and can be viewed from the
outside as a single system. A Solana cluster is a set of independently owned
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who possesses what) will forever be reproducible, independent of the
organization that launched it.
# What are sols?
# What are Sols?
A sol is the name of Solana's native token, which can be passed to nodes in a
solana cluster in exchange for running an on-chain program or validating its

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# JsonRpcService

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# The Network Control Plane
The Network Control Plane (Ncp) implements a gossip network between all nodes on in the cluster.
The Network Control Plane (NCP) implements a gossip network between all nodes on in the cluster.

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With the Solana runtime, we can execute on-chain programs concurrently, and
written in the client’s choice of programming language.
## Client interactions with Solana
## Client Interactions with Solana
<img alt="SDK tools" src="img/sdk-tools.svg" class="center"/>

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all the instructions must execute successfully; if any abort the whole
transaction fails to commit.
### Account structure
### Account Structure
Accounts maintain a token balance and program-specific memory.

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``` number_of_proofs * data_size ```
# Optimization with PoH
## Optimization with PoH
Solana is not the only distribute systems project using Proof of Replication,
but it might be the most efficient implementation because of its ability to
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with core count of equal to (Number of Identities). A CBC block is expected to
be 1MB in size.
# Network
## Network
Validators for PoRep are the same validators that are verifying transactions.
They have some stake that they have put up as collateral that ensures that
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and store it and provide proofs of storing the ledger. For each verified proof,
replicators are rewarded tokens from the mining pool.
# Constraints
## Constraints
Solana's PoRep protocol instroduces the following constraints:
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many identities at once are batched with as many proofs for those identities
verified concurrently for the same dataset.
# Validation and Replication Protocol
## Validation and Replication Protocol
1. The network sets a replication target number, let's say 1k. 1k PoRep
identities are created from signatures of a PoH hash. They are tied to a

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[Proof of History overview](https://medium.com/solana-labs/proof-of-history-a-clock-for-blockchain-cf47a61a9274)
### Relationship to consensus mechanisms
### Relationship to Consensus Mechanisms
Most confusingly, a Proof of History (PoH) is more similar to a Verifiable
Delay Function (VDF) than a Proof of Work or Proof of Stake consensus

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# The Transaction Processing Unit
<img alt="Tpu block diagram" src="img/tpu.svg" class="center"/>
<img alt="TPU Block Diagram" src="img/tpu.svg" class="center"/>

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# The Transaction Validation Unit
<img alt="Tvu block diagram" src="img/tvu.svg" class="center"/>
<img alt="TVU Block Diagram" src="img/tvu.svg" class="center"/>