Validators process transactions and receive fees from users (supply-side fees).

Solana is a smart contract platform for decentralized applications (a blockchain). Solana was founded by Anatoly Yakovenko, Greg Fitzgerald, Raj Gokal, etc. and launched in 2020.

SOL holders own and govern the protocol. They currently take a cut of the transaction fees paid by users (revenue). Solana’s investors include Polychain Capital, ParaFi capital, Passport capital, etc.

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# Solana Compute units per block Methodology

## 1. Overview

Compute units per block is defined as the average computational work consumed by transactions in a block. Computational work is metered using compute units, which are utilized similarly to gas on other networks to represent the execution cost of transactions. The utilization of the network's per-block execution budget is represented by this metric. Both successful and failed non-vote transactions are accounted for, as computational resources are still consumed by failed transactions on the network.

## 2. Data sources

- **Blockchain events**: Block production records and transaction execution data (including both successful and failed transactions) are extracted from the Solana ledger, covering Solana

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Compute units aggregation

- **Purpose**: The aggregation of the total compute units consumed by all transactions
- **Logic**: Compute units consumed are extracted from both successful and failed transactions. Failed transactions are included because computational resources are still consumed during their execution. These values are summed daily based on the transaction timestamps.
- **Key fields**: `compute_units_consumed`, `block_timestamp`

### Component B: Block production tracking

- **Purpose**: The tracking and counting of the total number of blocks produced
- **Logic**: Produced blocks are counted daily using the block records. Every produced block is counted, including blocks that do not contain any transactions, as a slot is still occupied by them.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp`

### Component C: Average compute units per block calculation

- **Purpose**: The calculation of the average compute units consumed per block
- **Logic**: The total daily compute units consumed (from Component A) are divided by the total daily count of produced blocks (from Component B). A safe division is applied to prevent division-by-zero errors. The resulting daily average is outputted.
- **Key fields**: `compute_units`, `slot_count`

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

sum(compute_units_consumed) / count(distinct block)

Average compute units consumed per produced block.

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