Solana Downunder is a community-run hub for Solana builders, founders, and enthusiasts across Australia and New Zealand, best known for its liquid-staking token, regional hackathon, and podcast. Solana Downunder's Twitter Score is 25 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #39,211 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Solana Downunder was co-founded by Metasal and Johnny Forfar to bring together the Solana ecosystem across the region. The community runs Hackaroo, a local Solana hackathon program for builders in Australia and New Zealand, and produces the Solana Downunder podcast aimed at Solana builders and enthusiasts in the region. In-person meetups and builder events have been held in Melbourne and Sydney, with regional groups active across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, and New Zealand, alongside a dedicated developer community.
Solana Downunder issues anzSOL, a Solana liquid-staking token that allows community members to stake SOL in support of the community's ongoing work. The token address is ANZvHuXQh5DnBMzJ55MUyMtPxkdphgBwiPeYji2B3kxS, and the stake pool is identified by Solana Compass at address 3H3HdarAgasjCW8WfrTyiaVEGSLygdgu74gM3JjJhpB1. Solana Downunder is supported by the Solana Foundation as a sponsoring partner, with major sponsorship from Flash Trade and additional supporting sponsors including Validator.com, Klout, Legion, Solana Name Service, and AllDomains.id.
Solana Downunder partners with MtnDAO, Colosseum, Blueshift, Superteam, and the Digital Economy Council of Australia. The account has published 15,092 posts and has been mentioned by 23 accounts a total of 59 times.
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The accounts that follow Solana Downunder include 64 founders, 16 angel investors, 35 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Solana, Toly, Zeneca, MoonPay, Armani Ferrante and Backpack.