Render Network Integrates with Solana, Dubs it “The Most Programmable & Secure” Blockchain

Render Network, the distributed GPU rendering network, and 3D marketplace, announced on Monday that it is integrating with Solana, calling the Ethereum competitor “the most programmable & secure underlying infrastructure for its future development plans.”

The announcement was made at Breakpoint, the first major conference of Solana held in Lisbon, Portugal, between November 7-10.

The conference, kicked off by Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO of Solana Labs, and Raj Gokal, COO of Solana Labs, laid down two high-level goals for the ecosystem — more than 1 million developers building the decentralized future on the blockchain and over 1 billion users.

During the same conference came the news of Render network bringing the core components of its network’s infrastructure to Solana, starting with a partnership with Metaples, an on-chain protocol for digital asset issuance.

this blows my mind. same folks behind octane, which is the renders those super high-fidelity 3d models you see in stuff like GoT or Westworld intros, Marvel credits, etc.

basically creating a global market for virtual photon power to render the metaverse using @solana https://t.co/UcNPAMg1BK

— Raj Gokal (@rajgokal) November 8, 2021

The Render Network aims to build an open, freely accessible metaverse, one that isn’t threatened by centralized platforms, vendor lock-in, ‘dopamine auto-tuned’ ads, and similar dystopian vectors.

In 2021, it accounted for over half a billion dollars in NFT sales covering the work of Marvel and DC Comic book artist Alex Ross, Beeple, who is known for his NFT​​ ‘Everydays: the First 5000 Days’ being sold for $69.4 million, and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.

Its team envisions a future where all creative compositions and published work passing through the Network will natively be archived on-chain, with simple options to export portable Metaverse content and art, mint NFTs based on them, and issue them immediately on Metaplex.

For this, Render announced its first of several technical announcements planned for Q4 2021, integrating with Solana. RNDR -15.40% Render Token / USD RNDRUSD $ 1.92
-$0.30-15.40% Volume 203.24 m Change -$0.30 Open $1.92 Circulating 366.39 m Market Cap 703.37 m 1 y Render Network Integrates with Solana, Dubs it “The Most Programmable & Secure” Blockchain

As for why it went with Solana blockchain, Render’s core developers assessed Solana to be “the most programmable and secure underlying infrastructure for its future development plans as it continues to scale and take on massive, metaverse-scale rendering jobs.”

This integration will allow artists to create artwork that can be issued and owned natively on Solana, while distribution and monetization can be done through Metaplex — with one click.

“Solana’s high throughput and low latency uniquely enables decentralization of core rendering processes beyond what’s currently possible on the network today.”

Solana is the 4th largest network with a market cap of $74 billion. Its native token SOL hit an all-time high at $260 over the weekend. Up 131x this year so far, SOL is currently trading above $245.