Solana highlights 3,200 active devs, $1b+ app revenue for second straight quarter

The Solana network continues to attract a strong commitment, with more than a billion dollars in application income.

Solara (GROUND)continue to see a strong user commitment. Friday, the Solana Foundation published its Solana network health reportPresenting its performances in T2 of 2025. In particular, the revenues of the application on the network exceeded $ 1 billion for the second consecutive quarter.

In the second quarter, the income for the Solana application increased compared to the first quarter – even as income from applications on other major networks have decreased. In fact, the income for the Solana application now goes beyond the combined total of all other blockchain networks.

This activity has also contributed to a sharp increase in validator income, which has reached an average quarterly level of $ 800 million. The peak occurred on January 19, with $ 56.9 million won in a single day. At the same time, the validators’ costs have dropped spectacularly.

In particular, the Sol Breaven participation required for validators to cover their costs have dropped considerably. Validators now require only 16,000 soil to break down, down 50,000 soil in 2022. According to the Solana Foundation, this reflects substantial improvements in network efficiency.

Solana has also exceeded graphics to attract new developers. In 2024, the network attracted 7,625 developers, more than any other blockchain, including Ethereum.

The Solana Foundation has decentralization gains

According to the Solana Foundation, the network has produced major decentralization gains. Nakamoto’s coefficient, used to measure how decentralized a network is, reaches 20 in June. This places Solana before Ethereum, Su and SEI, which have coefficients of 6, 18 and 7, respectively.

Solana validators are also geographically distributed, no country or data center controlling more than 33% of total participation. Germany leads with 23.55%, followed by the United States at 17.37%and the Netherlands at 14.36%.