Characterizing the Solana NFT Ecosystem

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10879v1
• Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:16:49 GMT
• Title: Characterizing the Solana NFT Ecosystem
• Authors: Dechao Kong, Xiaoqi Li, Wenkai Li,
• Abstract summary: We conduct the first systematic research on the characteristics of Solana NFTs from two perspectives. Investigating users' economic activity and NFT owner information reveals that the top users in Solana NFT are skewed toward a higher distribution of purchases. We employ the Local Outlier Factor algorithm to conduct a wash trading audit on 2,175 popular Solana NFTs.
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• Abstract: Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are digital assets recorded on the blockchain, providing cryptographic proof of ownership over digital or physical items. Although Solana has only begun to gain popularity in recent years, its NFT market has seen substantial transaction volumes. In this paper, we conduct the first systematic research on the characteristics of Solana NFTs from two perspectives: longitudinal measurement and wash trading security audit. We gathered 132,736 Solana NFT from Solscan and analyzed the sales data within these collections. Investigating users' economic activity and NFT owner information reveals that the top users in Solana NFT are skewed toward a higher distribution of purchases. Subsequently, we employ the Local Outlier Factor algorithm to conduct a wash trading audit on 2,175 popular Solana NFTs. We discovered that 138 NFT pools are involved in wash trading, with 8 of these NFTs having a wash trading rate exceeding 50%. Fortunately, none of these NFTs have been entirely washed out.

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