Solana Foundation offsets 100% of the network’s carbon footprint by 2022 by purchasing carbon credits on-chain

On December 6th, the Solana Foundation announced that it has fully offset the 2022 carbon footprint of the Solana network by purchasing carbon credits entirely on-chain. The total carbon footprint of the Solana blockchain for the six-month period from April 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2023 is 4,392.9 tCO2, with an annualized amount of 8,785.8 tCO2. The Solana Foundation has purchased 10,901.2 tons of carbon credits to offset the network's carbon footprint in 2022. These credits were purchased through ecoToken and Sunrise Stake.