--- title: "What is the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-the-solana-virtual-machine-svm--onovsqg06 source_url: https://coinsbench.com/what-is-the-solana-virtual-machine-svm-133fabaa0153 type: article source: "Coins Bench" published: 2024-03-26T18:41:55.087Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z tags: ["blockchain", "virtual-machine", "solana"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)