# Solana

Solana is a PoS blockchain that uses a new, efficient consensus algorithm called Proof-of-History to achieve scalability and security. Solana's vision is to enable decentralized applications to scale to millions of users. In contrast to other scaling solutions, Solana aims to scale censorship resistance and increase transaction throughput by an order of magnitude with highly-performant nodes that require a lot of storage and ultra-low latency.

You can find the link to the block explorer below:

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* [Staking Guide](#staking-guide)
* [Validator Address](#validator-address)
* [Performance](#performance)
* [Staking Mechanics](#staking-mechanics)

### Staking Guide

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### Validator Address

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<table><thead><tr><th width="197">Type</th><th>Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Validator Name</td><td>Luganodes</td></tr><tr><td>Validator Identity</td><td>6WgdYhhGE53WrZ7ywJA15hBVkw7CRbQ8yDBBTwmBtAHN</td></tr><tr><td>Vote Key</td><td>6aow5rTURdbhbeMDrFrbP2GR5vZjMEhktEy87iH1VGPs</td></tr></tbody></table>
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### Performance

Luganodes validator performance can be tracked [here](https://www.validators.app/validators/6WgdYhhGE53WrZ7ywJA15hBVkw7CRbQ8yDBBTwmBtAHN?locale=en\&network=mainnet).

## Staking Mechanics

<table><thead><tr><th width="224">Metrics</th><th>Details</th><th data-hidden>Details</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Reward Frequency</td><td>Rewards are generated every epoch (~2-3 days)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Auto-compounding</td><td>Auto-compounded every epoch and the reward is added to the stake amount </td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Slashing</td><td>Does not have a fully automatic, programmatic slashing mechanism.Social slashing can be done manually by the Solana community</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Stake Lockup</td><td>Yes SOL is locked when Staking</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Unbonding Period</td><td>1 epoch ( ~2-3 days)</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>