The Solana Foundation has announced that the Solana blockchain can now measure emissions in real time. Solana has been displaying regular updates on the network’s environmental metrics since April 21. This new Solana development sets a new standard for measuring emissions in blockchain by publishing data. To create this tracker, the network collaborated with Trycarbonara, a carbon data platform.

Real-Time Emissions Measurement

Solana Foundation claimed Solana to be the first major smart-contract blockchain network to have its emissions measured in real-time. Solana collaborated with Trycarbonara, a carbon data platform, to develop the emission tracker.

All Solana nodes are equipped with software that calculates precise carbon footprint data. This data varies according to the throughput of certain validators. Energy consumption, total carbon emissions, network power intensity, total node count, megawatt-hours, and other data are included.

Emission Tracker Data

Solana’s real-time emissions measurement shows the following data on the dashboard:

• Emissions measurement of RPC nodes: The instrumentation of the underlying hardware measures emissions of remote procedure call (RPC) nodes.
• Emissions granularity at the server level: It provides emission data broken down across multiple dimensions, including the geolocation of RPC nodes and validators.
• Marginal (or consequential) emissions: The emission tracker shows marginal emissions based on the increasing emissions effect of new demand.
• Embodied emissions: The tracker displays embodied emissions of the hardware infrastructure of the Solana network. It includes the entire hardware lifecycle like manufacturing, transportation, and end-of-life management.
• Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): PUE indicates the overall efficiency of a data center.

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