Akash Network Votes to Move to Solana as Prop 346 Passes With 97% Support

Akash Network is coming to Solana. AKT holders approved Prop 346 when voting closed on 2 November 2026, according to the on-chain proposal record. The proposal moves Akash's decentralised compute marketplace off its own chain, built on Cosmos. The vote authorises a 1:1 SPL version of AKT and a one-way portal to carry tokens across. Moving the marketplace itself needs a second, separate cutover vote.

Until that cutover passes, AKT on the old chain keeps paying gas, earning staking rewards and voting, and live compute leases carry on as before.

Akash Prop 346 result: 97% of votes cast backed the Solana migration

Prop 346 opened on 26 October 2026 and closed seven days later with the on-chain status PROPOSAL_STATUS_PASSED. The final on-chain tally recorded about 59.98 million AKT voting Yes and roughly 796,000 AKT voting No. About 888,000 AKT abstained, and around 765 AKT voted NoWithVeto.

By our calculation from that tally, Yes took 97.3% of the roughly 61.66 million AKT cast, or 98.7% once abstentions are excluded. Akash announced the result on X as the vote closed: "Prop 346 has passed. Akash is coming to Solana. Same mission, bigger stage." The project added that more on the migration timeline would follow.

The result confirms the plan we covered when voting opened on Akash's move from Cosmos to Solana. Akash's core team chose Solana after analysing seven options, according to the Akash blog post explaining the decision.

SPL AKT launch, the one-way portal and a second cutover vote

The next step is the SPL AKT token. The Prop 346 text says the token launch is "expected 2 to 3 weeks after this proposal passes" and follows two independent audits. SPL AKT keeps the same ticker and 6 decimals, and arrives 1:1 for every AKT sent through the portal.

The portal only runs one way. "There is no path back," the proposal states. AKT sent through it leaves circulation on the old chain, so total supply does not change, and the portal stays open for two years from token launch. It works much like a central bank's window for swapping withdrawn banknotes: holders can convert at any point while it is open, but the old notes do not come back. The proposal lists per-epoch mint caps, independent reconciliation of both chains and an automatic pause on any supply mismatch as safeguards.

Moving the marketplace comes later. Akash's blog describes a provider testnet of at least six weeks with 25 or more independent operators, then a 14-day community dress rehearsal that must finish with zero blockers. Only after the audits and rehearsals pass does a separate cutover proposal go to a vote. Under the proposal, the old chain then halts 90 days after cutover. No dates have been set for these stages yet.

AKT staking rewards, unbonding and validators after Prop 346

AKT staking rewards keep running after the SPL token launches and stop only at cutover. The Akash blog states it plainly:

Staked AKT can move in a single transaction, according to the proposal. That transaction starts the chain's 21-day unbonding period, and the AKT arrives on Solana as SPL AKT when unbonding ends. CryptoSlate's analysis of the plan notes that earlier Akash documents gave different timings. The final audited instructions will set the exact steps.

What replaces staking is still being designed. Akash says new staking mechanisms "will be announced prior to cutover." CryptoSlate reports that the proposal also allows capped replacement emissions: newly issued AKT for provider incentives and the community treasury. The rate, decay, split and size of the cap are still open. Per CryptoSlate, the emissions curve must be published before the cutover proposal, so AKT holders will see the numbers before they vote on the move itself.

Akash's roughly 100 validators lose their role and income when the old chain halts, according to the Akash blog. A continuity payout funded before cutover covers the wind-down. After the halt, Akash names provider, RPC operator and crank runner roles as new ways to earn. On Solana, Akash's marketplace transactions will be processed by Solana's validator set, which counted 694 validators at epoch 1075 on 2 November 2026, according to our live validator list.

Compute providers, the operators who rent out GPUs and servers on Akash, run one software upgrade, re-register on Solana with collateral and get re-audited.

Fake AKT tokens on Solana: wait for the official mint

The official SPL AKT token does not exist yet. Under the proposal, it launches only after the audits, in the weeks after passage. Tokens using the AKT ticker already appear in Solana Compass token search. They were created in October 2026, before Akash had issued any token on Solana, so none of them is the migrated token. Akash's own guidance on the portal is "One official portal domain. Check the Solana address before you confirm." Holders looking to migrate should take the mint address and portal link only from Akash's official channels.

Why Akash picked Solana for its compute marketplace

Akash's case for Solana rests on cost. The proposal estimates marketplace transactions on Solana cost "about 9x less than on an EVM L2 on a calm day and about 300x less under load." An EVM L2 is a layer-2 network built on Ethereum.

The blog gives the per-transaction estimates behind that claim:

Akash also estimates the marketplace's network fees on Solana at about 0.075 SOL a day.

Akash points to company, too. More than 50 DePIN projects worth about $3.5 billion combined settle on Solana, according to the blog. DePIN means decentralised physical infrastructure: networks of real hardware coordinated by a token. They include Helium Network HNT$0.349-2.2%, which shut down its own layer 1 in 2023, and Render Network RENDER$1.52-4.2%, which moved its token to Solana. Akash cites Render's portal approach as the closest model for its own.

With Prop 346 passed, Akash's compute marketplace is set to join Helium and Render on Solana. The next things to watch are the SPL AKT mint address, the audit reports and the emissions curve due before the cutover vote.