X1, the Largest Solana Fork, Bets on a Better Economic Model
X1, the largest fork of Solana, runs Solana's inflation schedule but owns 46% of its own supply. An 85M XNT burn, quarterly burns toward a 1 billion target, near-zero fees, higher staking yield and a plan to put 5% of XNT on Solana: where the X1 blockchain could beat Solana and other chains.
Jack Levin Interview, Part 2: The XNT Burn, Alpenglow, Capybara and XCORE's Bonding Curve
In his second conversation with Owl of Atena, X1 founder Jack Levin explains the 85 million XNT burn and the plan to burn every quarter, what Solana's Alpenglow changed, why Capybara targets delegation farmers, a new slippage-free exchange counter for XNT, and a revised XCORE plan built on free claims and a bonding curve. The XCORE ideas are still experiments and can change.
Who Is Jack Levin? Google Employee #21, ImageShack Founder and the Man Behind XEN and X1
Jack Levin wired 2,000 servers in a week as Google's 21st employee, built the image host that carried early Twitter, mined Bitcoin at a dollar, gave away XEN and founded X1. In a long interview with Owl of Atena he talks about his career, his investors, why he forked Solana, and how he decides what not to build.
The Tokenization Supercycle, Explained Through Private Markets: The $20 Trillion Vault Is Opening
SpaceX took 24 years to let the public in. What the tokenization supercycle means for private markets, in plain English: who is locked out and why, what changes when a private share or loan becomes a token, what already trades on Solana, the lesson of May 2026, and the seven conditions for mass adoption.
The Tokenization Supercycle, Explained Through Stocks: Your Share Is Becoming Software
What the tokenization supercycle means for stocks, in plain English: markets that never close, settlement in seconds, access from anywhere and shares as building blocks. Why Solana became the home of tokenized equities, the three kinds of tokenized stock, the seven conditions for mass adoption, and how xStocks now travel to X1.
The $70,000 Bill Every Solana Validator Pays — and X1 Validators Never See
A Solana validator pays about 1.6 SOL a day, roughly $190, just to vote. On X1, which runs the same SVM, that bill is zero by design. What Solana's MEV and fee income really costs to reach, what an X1 validator earns on the new 5,000 XNT delegation threshold, and whether Alpenglow changes the math.
Same Stock, Two Prices: Why Google Costs 3.4% More on X1 — and Who Gets Paid to Fix It
GOOGL traded 3.4% higher on X1 than on Solana this morning, and Coinbase 8.9% lower. The day before, the SEC said tokenized stocks can trade in on-chain AMM pools. Why tokenized stocks beat CFDs, why the SVM and X1's near-zero fees suit them, how AI agents fit in, all nine X1 stock prices and contract addresses, and an honest look at who can earn from the gap.
Solana Builders: Your Program Already Runs on X1. Here's Who Should Deploy First
X1 runs the same SVM as Solana, so a Solana program deploys with a change of RPC. A basic transfer costs about a thousand times less, a large program costs about $1 in rent, and oracles, lending, perps, concentrated liquidity and order books are all still missing. Here are the Solana projects with the most to gain, and the honest risks.
What Is XNT? X1 Blockchain's Native Token Explained
XNT pays X1's fees and secures the chain. What it does, why market cap and FDV differ by 76x, and why a 92% staking ratio is not what it sounds like.
Why We Built Spanked — and Why the Algorithm Stays Private
Our X1 project review directory lists 83 projects. Why we built it for developers and users, how the scoring resists manipulation, and why we will not publish it.
Best Chain for AI Agents: Base Has the Volume, Solana Has the Money, X1 Has the Math
Base leads on agent transaction volume, Solana on capital, Sui on architecture. But X1 settles a signature for $0.00000088 — 420x cheaper than Solana at live prices. We measured it directly. Here is why cost stopped being the bottleneck, and what actually decides which chain the machine economy runs on.
The Ratchet Effect: How X1's Dynamic Staking Wall Is Engineering Scarcity One Epoch at a Time
A deep-dive scenario analysis examining X1's dynamic P85 staking threshold, the October validator unlock, investor vesting mechanics, and three possible paths for XNT through 2027. The ratchet is already turning.
Project Capybara: X1 Foundation Delegation Upgrade Raises P85 Threshold to 3,000 XNT
X1 Foundation delegation now requires 3,000 XNT minimum self-stake. New formula rewards self-stake above the network average, with dynamic Ripper Pool filtering currently at 3,976.68 XNT.