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Source: Binance SOL/USDT daily closes 2020-08-11 to 2021-06-16; Coinbase Exchange SOL/USD daily closes 2021-06-17 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.
All events, in order
- Nov 1, 2017launch
Proof of History whitepaper
Anatoly Yakovenko publishes the idea behind Solana. - Mar 16, 2020launch
Mainnet beta launch
Solana's mainnet beta goes live. - Sep 14, 2021outage
17 hour outage $158.64 (Coinbase Exchange SOL/USD daily close, 2021-09-14)
A flood of bot transactions halts the network for about 17 hours. - Nov 6, 2021rally
2021 peak $258.76 (Coinbase Exchange SOL/USD daily close, 2021-11-06)
SOL reaches its highest close of 2021. - May 1, 2022outage
NFT bot outage $89.65 (Coinbase Exchange SOL/USD daily close, 2022-05-01)
NFT mint bots knock the network offline for about seven hours. - Nov 9, 2022crash
FTX collapse hits SOL $13.97 (Coinbase Exchange SOL/USD daily close, 2022-11-09)
SOL loses more than half its value as FTX and Alameda unravel. - Feb 25, 2023outage
February 2023 outage $22.38 (Coinbase Exchange SOL/USD daily close, 2023-02-25)
A large block causes about 19 hours of degraded service. - Feb 6, 2024outage
February 2024 outage $96.86 (Coinbase Exchange SOL/USD daily close, 2024-02-06)
A bug in the program loader halts blocks for about five hours.
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