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slug: /
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id: home
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title: Home
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sidebar_label: Home
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description: "Solana is a high performance network that is utilized for a range
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of use cases, \
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including finance, NFTs, payments, and gaming."
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# displayed_sidebar: introductionSidebar
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---
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# Solana Documentation
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Solana is a blockchain built for mass adoption. It's a high performance network
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that is utilized for a range of use cases, including finance, NFTs, payments,
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and gaming. Solana operates as a single global state machine, and is open,
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interoperable and decentralized.
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## Getting started
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Dive right into Solana to start building or setup your tooling.
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- [Setup local environment](/cli) - Install the Solana CLI to get your local
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development environment setup
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- [Hello World in your browser](getstarted/hello-world) - Build and deploy your
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first on-chain Solana program, directly in your browser using Solana
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Playground
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## Start learning
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Build a strong understanding of the core concepts that make Solana different
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from other blockchains.
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- [Transactions](./developing/programming-model/transactions) - Collection of
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instructions for the blockchain to execute
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- [Accounts](./developing/programming-model/accounts) - Data and state storage
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mechanism for Solana
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- [Programs](./developing/intro/programs) - The executable code used to perform
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actions on the blockchain
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- [Cross-Program Invocation](./developing/programming-model/calling-between-programs) -
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Core of the "composability" of Solana, this is how programs can "call" each
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other.
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## Understanding the architecture
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Get to know the underlying architecture of how the proof-of-stake blockchain
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works.
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- [Validators](./validator/anatomy) - the individual nodes that are the backbone
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of the network
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- [Clusters](./cluster/overview) - a collection of validators that work together
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for consensus
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## Running a validator
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Explore what it takes to operate a Solana validator and help secure the network.
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- [System requirements](./running-validator/validator-reqs) - Recommended
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hardware requirements and expected SOL needed to operate a validator
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- [Quick start guide](./validator/get-started/setup-a-validator) - Setup a
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validator and get connected to a cluster for the first time
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## Learn more
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import HomeCtaLinks from "../components/HomeCtaLinks";
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<HomeCtaLinks />
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