Solana: Why critics are opposed to Helium's latest proposal

Solana [SOL] is slated to grow to be the subsequent dwelling for the Helium community. The announcement made by the Helium Basis was a part of a brand new proposal dubbed HIP 70. If authorised, it would mark the beginning of a sturdy partnership between the 2 decentralized networks.

The announcement marks an necessary milestone for the 2 networks, particularly when it comes to development and collaboration. Fairspott Helium founder, Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi highlights one of many main advantages of Helium launching on the Solana blockchain.

What am I most enthusiastic about? The group having the ability to concentrate on constructing knowledge networks as a substitute of the novel L1 Helium blockchain.

This may unlock agility, optionality, and I can solely think about will scale back stress for everybody concerned.

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— Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi 🎈 (@rawrmaan) August 30, 2022

Will Solana’s previous stand in the way in which?

Solana would profit from extra utility and adoption particularly contemplating the size of Helium’s endeavor.

The selection to shortlist Solana obtained criticism in equal measure. A few of the respondents have expressed dissatisfaction with Helium’s resolution to focus on Solana as its subsequent dwelling.

Why not polkadot, matic, BNB, EGLD, cardano, why solana? Which isn’t so decentralized and is down once in a while. If you don’t care about decentralization simply use a standard DB,

— Rusu Gheorghe (@RusuGheorghe3) August 30, 2022

The misalignment of opinions relating to Solana because the potential host blockchain for Helium might have an effect on the vote end result.

Then again, some argue that Solana is battle-tested and former downtimes have solely made it stronger. The upcoming group vote will determine whether or not Helium is destined to grow to be a part of Solana.

SOL’s value motion

SOL traded at $32.36 at press time, which was a 33% drawdown from its four-week prime. It’s off to a bullish begin this week after virtually dipping into oversold territory.

Supply: TradingView

The slight upside is courtesy of accumulation through the weekend as indicated by the Cash Circulation Index (MFI). Sufficient bullish volumes would help a stronger restoration.

The FTX and Binance funding charges demonstrated sturdy upside within the final three days. This means that investor sentiment is shifting in favor of the bulls.

On the identical time, it aligns with the oversold zone retest, thus creating an alignment of bullish indicators. SOL’s value has, thus, achieved some upside. Thereby, indicating that there was wholesome accumulation at its present four-week lows.

Supply: Santiment

A few of the different observations at present supporting the bullish sentiment embody an uptick within the whole NFT trades volumes since 28 August. Enhancements within the variety of NFT trades might help improved traders’ sentiment.

On the identical time, whales’ stablecoin provide lowered within the final three days, suggesting that they’ve been shopping for again on the latest lows.