Pantera Capital said in its report that Solana is the Mac OS of blockchain. It said in the report that Solana has gained significant market share in the past year, a shift reminiscent of Microsoft's dominance in the early desktop computer market until Apple made a breakthrough through its vertically integrated approach. Solana is now a major competitor in the future of blockchain development. Solana's overall architecture has a product roadmap that focuses on optimizing each component of its own blockchain, similar to Apple's approach to vertically integrating hardware and software stacks in macOS.