# Solana ($SOL) ## Anchor - This is the dev framework recommended to me by Ian Macalinao - "Anchor is a framework for Solana's [Sealevel](https://medium.com/solana-labs/sealevel-parallel-processing-thousands-of-smart-contracts-d814b378192) runtime providing several convenient developer tools." - https://solana.com/ecosystem/anchor - https://github.com/project-serum/anchor