Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko proposes the concept of metablockchain for the company. He argues that metablockchains post data to chains like Ethereum, Celestia, and Solana, and use certain rules to consolidate data from all chains into a single order history.
Entrepreneurs have noted that blockchain allows apps or users to choose the cheapest data availability layer at any time, rather than sticking to just one. Yakovenko said that by making data availability cheaper, everything else is cheaper and highlighting bandwidth as a key constraint. He believes it could be a critical development for apps that deal with rollups, aggregators, or many cross-chain activities.
You need a metablockchain. Post data anywhere and merge data from all chains into a single order using Ethereum, Celestia, Solana and specific rules. This allows for the use of the cheapest DA offers that Metachains are available today.
-toly🇺🇸 (@aeyakovenko) May 12, 2025
He said that data can be published on various blockchains such as Ethereum, Celestia, and Solana, and that data from all chains can be merged into a single order using specific rules.
Anatoly believes that Metachain will be able to use the cheapest DA offers available today. He acknowledged that Metatx, posted to Solana, includes the last observation blocks from ETH and Celestia, ensuring a consistent sequence. According to him, data is merged into a single sequence using specific rules, leveraging the most cost-effective data availability services.
“A simple way to do this is for TX to refer to the latest block headers from the potential DA layers. Therefore, Metatx posted to Solana will contain the last observation blocks from ETH and Celestia, which are guaranteed to order after ETH and Celestia TXS.”
–Anatoly Jacobenkoco-founder of Solana.
A developer named Bellac responded with a spin on the proposed blockchain. He wondered whether metachains are P2P node/seeker networks, like torrenting systems that store multi-chain data in chunks. He argued whether it could solve the problems of history and make community management all the way.
Tory didn’t really feel the direction and replied that it was completely different from what he had proposed. He also added that the point is to use globally agreed merging rules and not just run the network. Yakovenko acknowledged that metablockchain can help developers get a single clean history while doing the best data trading at the moment, writing once, posting anywhere, and getting a single clean history.
The project is already experimenting with mix-and-match setups in today’s modular blockchain world.
Toly highlights the flexibility of the L1 protocol
There’s no reason to build an L2.
The L1 is faster, cheaper and safer.
There’s no need to slow down the availability stack of L1 data as it moves into the glacier, or to compromise security by upgrading complex fraud proofs and multisigs. https://t.co/ov3yafz9u4
-toly🇺🇸 (@aeyakovenko) March 23, 2025
The Solana co-founders acknowledged that the underlying Layer 1 (L1) protocol should be flexible enough to allow applications to compete in business operations. He argued that if applications can drive business growth through differentiated priorities, they would pursue such a strategy.
Toly also said that if L1 stumbles growth it is likely to move from there. He said the concept was simple, adding that he believes that by preventing applications from trying ideas, it can help them grow, even if they are viewed as bad.
Chain data from Nansen showed that Solana has the most active addresses in public blockchains at 2426 million over the past week. Onchain Lens also reported Monday that after a month of dormancy, the major whale or facility was not valued 103,040.6 SOL at $17.7 million. The whale still holds substantial holdings of 3,369,634 SOL, worth around $584.09 million, according to the analytics company.
Solana was like that at the time of publication exchange Hands at $171.57 have dropped by 3.89% over the past 24 hours. Digital assets rose 88% from under $100 to more than $170 in four weeks.
