What type of token is Solana?

SPL-Token. A Fungible Token program on the Solana blockchain . This program provides an interface and implementation that third parties can utilize to create and use their tokens.

Solana is a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency with smart contract capabilities including DeFi dApps and NFTs. Solana boasts a theoretical throughput of 65,000 transactions a second with near zero fees.

SPL tokens are to Solana what ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 tokens are to the Ethereum network. As such, SPL can be seen as the token standard for the Solana blockchain.