Explore a fork of the Solana codebase for NewChain

Rune (the author is not named in the text; the post is by an unnamed Maker contributor) argues that forking an existing open-source blockchain is the best route for NewChain. Wait, correction: the text does not name its author, so the claim should be stated without attribution. The article argues that the Solana codebase is the most promising foundation for NewChain, the stand-alone blockchain planned for the fifth and final phase of Endgame, which rebuilds the Maker Protocol's backend and SubDAOs. It cites Solana's engineering quality, its two client implementations, its resilience through the FTX collapse, and the Pyth project's adapted Solana appchain as reasons. It also proposes a Two-Stage Gravity Bridge from NewChain to Solana, alongside the one to Ethereum, and presents Cosmos as the other main option, with the text saying it would cost more to keep performant.