--- title: What is the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)? | daily.dev description: The Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) is the software that executes smart contracts on the Solana blockchain, providing parallel processing, scalability, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-the-solana-virtual-machine-svm--onovsqg06 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)? | daily.dev og:description: The Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) is the software that executes smart contracts on the Solana blockchain, providing parallel processing, scalability, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-the-solana-virtual-machine-svm--onovsqg06 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/onOVSQG06.png og:image:alt: What is the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)? **[Coins Bench](https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) is the software that executes smart contracts on the Solana blockchain, providing parallel processing, scalability, and efficient fees. It differs from the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) in terms of transaction execution and client architecture. Solana's advantage lies in its support for multiple programming languages and the underlying architecture of the SVM. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#blockchain](https://daily.dev/tags/blockchain), [#virtual-machine](https://daily.dev/tags/virtual-machine), [#solana](https://daily.dev/tags/solana) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-the-solana-virtual-machine-svm--onovsqg06) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What is the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-the-solana-virtual-machine-svm--onovsqg06","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-the-solana-virtual-machine-svm--onovsqg06"},"datePublished":"2024-03-26T18:41:55.087Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z","description":"The Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) is the software that executes smart contracts on the Solana blockchain, providing parallel processing, scalability, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/41dd35ff5cfd15d6b394dbae1b984f4a?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/41dd35ff5cfd15d6b394dbae1b984f4a?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Coins Bench","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Coins Bench","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/ba340d3c8caa4c2586911332928e24d9","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-the-solana-virtual-machine-svm--onovsqg06","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"blockchain,virtual-machine,solana","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Coins Bench","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)?"}]} ```