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Why Solana for ML Infrastructure

Salvatan
November 22, 2024
5 min read

Solana provides low-fee, high-throughput settlement for metered usage - perfect for LLM eval platforms where users pay per run.

Why Not Ethereum?

Gas fees make microtransactions impractical. Imagine paying $5 in gas to buy $2 worth of eval credits. Solana's sub-cent fees fix this.

Benefits for PromptOps

  • Protocol fees settled on-chain
  • Transparent treasury (view spending in real-time)
  • Fast credit purchases (no waiting for confirmations)
  • Staking for discounts (implemented as on-chain program)

We are not building a blockchain product. We are using blockchain where it makes the product better: transparent funding and efficient settlement.