The Solana ecosystem has released a comprehensive roadmap detailing its strategy to establish the Solana blockchain as the foundational layer for global "Internet Capital Markets" (ICMs) by 2027. This ambitious initiative aims to significantly enhance trading products and overall market microstructure on the network. The roadmap is a collaborative effort involving key players such as Anza, Jito Labs, and DoubleZero, among others.
Solana's original mission was to build the decentralized backbone for ICMs, which envision a globally accessible ledger where entities, currencies, and cultures are tokenized and accessible to anyone with an internet connection. According to the roadmap authors, "market microstructure is the single most important problem in Solana today," highlighting the need for improved transaction sequencing and execution.
In the short term, the roadmap outlines the launch of Jito’s Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM) transaction processing system, which is designed to provide validators and traders with new tools to enhance performance and create value. Anza is also contributing with transaction landing improvements and the upcoming Alpenglow consensus protocol, aiming to reduce latency.
Medium and long-term plans include the rollout of DoubleZero, a dedicated peer-to-peer fiber network intended to replace the public internet for Solana transactions, further reducing latency. The roadmap also features the implementation of Application-Controlled Execution (ACE), granting smart contracts millisecond-level authority over transaction sequencing, and Multiple Concurrent Leaders (MCL) to address the single leader problem and support highly liquid on-chain markets.
These technical advancements are poised to give Solana a unique competitive edge, enabling smart contracts to process real-time global market information and react instantly to events from diverse regions. As the official Solana account stated in a recent tweet, "Trading products on Solana are set to see dramatic improvements, thanks to work from @anza_xyz, @jito_labs, @doublezero, and many others over the next 2 years." This concerted effort underscores the ecosystem's commitment to building a decentralized financial system that rivals the efficiency and scale of traditional markets.