It’s been hard to keep this one quiet.
We’re thrilled to share that Sanctum has officially acquired Ironforge, one of the most trusted infrastructure providers in the Solana ecosystem.
Founded by Italo, a veteran infrastructure engineer with deep experience leading technical teams, Ironforge has quietly operated one of the most reliable transaction infrastructure layers on Solana. At its peak, it was handling up to one-third of all transaction volume, playing a vital role in keeping the chain running smoothly.
Now, Ironforge’s battle-tested architecture and the team behind it are officially part of Sanctum.
Powerhouse Ironforge engineers have joined us at Sanctum, bringing years of backend and infrastructure expertise. Together, they’ve made the Sanctum engineering team stronger than it’s ever been.
Our collaboration has already produced a breakthrough new flagship product that is set to expand the Sanctum business model beyond liquid staking and into a new vertical: transaction infrastructure.
This expansion was a natural evolution driven by our liquid staking infrastructure partners, some of Solana’s most prominent protocols.
As we grew alongside those partners, one persistent pain point emerged: getting transactions onchain reliably (especially during periods of congestion). That problem came to a head during the TRUMP token launch, when the activity surge brought the network to its knees and made even basic transactions difficult to land.
Solving that problem meant either building a solution from scratch ourselves or teaming up with the best developers already working in that niche.
Ironforge was that team.
"When it comes to building reliable infrastructure, the Ironforge team is unmatched, and their product completes our stack. Together, we’ve been able to build [redacted] in record time, which allows us to expand into a brand new vertical. They build like we do: fast, reliably, and with real conviction." - FP, Sanctum Co-Founder & CEO
Moving forward, our ambition remains the same: to build magical infrastructure that powers all of Solana. With Ironforge, we’re expanding that mission.
In the same way Sanctum became the core liquidity layer for LSTs on Solana, we’re now building the core transaction layer for Solana’s greatest products and services.
A full product reveal is imminent. Stay tuned for our next update!