$MANA token

The MANA token is a tokenized representation of Solana’s network bandwidth.

To send a transaction with fast landing, users must hold enough MANA tokens in their balance. When submitting such a transaction, the required MANA amount will be charged from their account. All balances are stored on-chain in the Manablast program.

Spent MANA tokens automatically reset to the user’s maximum balance every 24 hours (UTC).

For a detailed breakdown of the workflow, refer to the diagram

$MANA secondary market

The user can also withdraw their MANA balance from the Manablast program and mint it as an SPL token. This way, the user can profit from the anticipated network throughput increase by buying or farming MANA in advance