Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, has suggested forking the ORE protocol to conduct network stress tests. This proposal comes in response to a post by Chaofan Shou discussing mining ORE tokens and its potential impact on Solana's network.

Yakovenko introduced the concept of ORE, a token on Solana that utilizes a mining mechanism for claiming rewards. He believes that forking ORE could attract many users and help determine if Solana can handle increased traffic.

The proposed ORE fork would involve testing on Solana’s testnet before distributing rewards on the mainnet. This initiative is part of broader efforts by Solana’s core developers to address network congestion issues and ensure the blockchain’s long-term sustainability.

Yakovenko emphasized the potential benefits of an ORE fork, including attracting new users and providing essential stress testing for Solana. Miners and testers would receive monetizable tokens, while the blockchain would benefit from the stress test. Yakovenco confirmed the support of Solana’s main developers and validators for this proposed fork.