Solana (SOL)

The Solana protocol is designed to facilitate decentralized app (DApp) creation with its goal to improve scalability by introducing a proof-of-history (PoH) consensus mechanism combined with an underlying proof-of-stake (PoS).

This hybrid consensus model aims to decentralize finance on a larger scale.

Dubbed' the Eth killer.

It has come under fire a lot in recent times, hence the poor price performance.
Largely because of its stability in terms of uptime and its indirect association with FTX and large institutional financial backing.