By Isaac • September 2, 2026 7:13 pm •
Solana closed August with a new network activity record, processing 5.2 billion non-vote transactions during the month.
That was 19% above July’s previous record, according to Solana’s own network update. The figure strips out validator voting activity, making it a more useful measure of transactions generated by users and applications than the chain’s larger all-in count.
BREAKING: Solana processed 5.2B non-vote transactions in August.
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A new ATH, up 19% from July’s record pic.twitter.com/zND3Av93VS
— Solana (@solana) September 1, 2026
The record arrived during a less forgiving period for crypto businesses. CryptoSlate reported that gross network revenue fell to $141 million in the first half of 2026 from $1.09 billion one year earlier, even as
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