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By auto approving transactions dApps and games can create a more fluid user experience. This is especially interesting for on-chain games.

Minimizing the amount of compute a program uses is critical both for the performance and cost of executing transactions. This guide will show you how to optimize compute usage in your programs on Solana.

Learn how to use transaction simulation to get the compute units consumed and build an optimal transaction.

Priority Fees are a new feature on Solana that allow you to specify an additional fee to your transactions. These fees help make your transaction more economically compelling to include in a block.

One-stop shop for Solana's Durable Nonces: an easy way to power your Solana dapps

Stake-weighted QoS (Quality-of-Service) is an implementation feature which, when enabled, allows leaders (block producers) to identify and prioritize transactions proxied through a staked validator as an additional sybil resistance mechanism.

Testing programs is important. Bankrun offers a lightweight alternative to the local validator for testing Solana programs and enables features like custom account data and time travel. Tests can be up to 10 times faster using bankrun.

Verified builds is a way to link your program to its source code and let everyone independently verify that the program was indeed built from that provided source code.

Learn how to integrate Solana into your exchange with this guide covering node setup and implementation details for deposits and withdrawals.

Solana Actions are APIs that return transactions for users to preview and sign. Blockchain links – or blinks – turn Actions into a shareable, metadata-rich link.

Understand how Solana transaction confirmation and when a transaction expires (including recent blockhash checks).

Learn how to use Solana Address Lookup Tables (ALTs) to efficiently handle up to 64 addresses per transaction. Create, extend, and utilize lookup tables using web3.js.

Learn how to handle dropped transactions and implement custom retry logic on Solana. This guide covers transaction rebroadcasting, preflight checks, and best practices for managing transaction retries to ensure reliable transaction processing on the Solana blockchain.

State Compression is the method of cheaply and securely storing "fingerprints" of offchain data in the Solana leger, instead of expensive accounts.

Explore the core Solana concepts: transactions, versioned transactions, enabling additional functionality in the Solana runtime, address lookup tables, and more.

Solana developer quickstart guide to learn how to create a React Native mobile app that is both Android and iOS compatible. This app will mimic a cash app experience but run on the Solana blockchain, showcasing that web3 products can have the same user experience as web2 products. To build this, we will need to write an Anchor program, integrate the Solana Name Service SDK, and integrate Solana pay.

Solana developer quickstart guide to learn how to create a basic CRUD dApp on the Solana blockchain with a simple journal program and interact with the program via a UI.

While each DePIN network has a unique product focus, most DePIN networks utilize Solana for a common set of use-cases. This guide is meant to help builders get oriented to common onchain DePIN use-cases.

Learn how to build an on-chain energy system for a game, allowing players to expend energy to perform actions, refilling it over time.

A list of open source games and examples on Solana with tutorials to get you started.

A list of Solana Gaming SDKs to get you started creating your first Solana Game

Learn how to build games on Solana. Solana is well built for web3 games of all genres utilizing speed, low fees, and more to create an amazing gaming experience

Get started building Solana games with a basic adventure game using the Anchor framework.

Learn how to use tokens in Solana games with an on-chain tutorial

NFTs can be a powerful tool in blockchain games. Learn how to utilize NFTs in Solana games to their full potential.

Using Anchor IDL you can interact with your program directly from unity

How to save the state of a game in a Solana program

Using PDAs, you can reward SOL to players playing your game. Learn how to reward SOL from a PDA when players find chests in this game.

Learn how to write Solana Programs with CosmWasm Experience

Learn about the key differences between the SVM and EVM development environments and start building with Solana.

Learn how to build a full-stack Solana dApp with React and Anchor

Learn to implement Cross Program Invocations (CPI) with a PDA Signer in Solana programs using the Anchor framework

Learn how to implement Cross Program Invocations (CPI) in Solana programs using the Anchor framework

Learn how to create a token on Solana.

This quickstart guide will demonstrate how to quickly setup, build, and deploy your first Rust based Solana program to the blockchain.

Learn how to start building on Solana as a Rust Engineer

A quickstart guide to scaffolding projects using React/NextJS and Anchor - useful for hackathons!

How to run localnet on your computer by using the Solana test validator for local development.

This guide gives an overview of the AI tools available for Solana and how to get started with them.

A list of the most common ways to get devnet and testnet SOL tokens for Solana development. Including: airdrop, web3.js, POW faucet, and more.

What is a crypto wallet? They do not actually store your crypto. They store a secret key that allows you to prove you own an address on a blockchain.

Compressed NFTs use the Bubblegum program from Metaplex to cheaply and securely store NFT metadata using State Compression on Solana.

Learn more about GetProgramAccounts RPC method that returns all accounts owned by a program.

Configure all new Token Accounts to be frozen by default, then requiring all tokens to be unfrozen by the authority before they can be usable.

Using the metadata token extension it is possible to save dynamic metadata, like level and XP, directly in the mint of an NFT.

With the new token extensions, you can create custom logic for your tokens. In this guide we will go over everything you need to know about token extensions and what you need to get started building today

With the Token program, the `SetAuthority` instruction can be used to transfer ownership of an account to another. The `ImmutableOwner` extension can be used to prevent this.

Interest-bearing tokens are tokens that can either increase or decrease in value over time. Similar to how a bank savings account or a loan accumulates interest.

The Metadata Pointer extension enables a Mint Account to specify the address of the account that stores its metadata. When used along with the Metadata Extension, metadata can be stored directly on the Mint Account.

With Token Extensions, it is possible to close token mint accounts by initializing the MintCloseAuthority extension before initializing the mint.

In the world of digital collectibles, NFTs have plenty of uses outside of the PFP meta. Enter the concept of 'soul-bound' tokens - assets that are tied to an individual and cannot be transferred.

Token Extensions allow you to specify a permanent account delegate for a mint with unlimited delegate privileges over any account associated with that mint, including burning or transferring any amount of tokens.

The Token Extensions program has an account extension that can be applied after initializing a Token Account, enabling expanding support for more extensions after initial creation.

Memos in financial transactions serve as a communication tool between sender and recipient. It aids in the identification of both parties and offers clarity on the purpose of the transfer.

With any form of transaction, there's often a desire to collect or apply a fee. Similar to a small service charge every time you transfer money at a bank or the way royalties or taxes are collected for particular transfers.

The Transfer Hook extension and Transfer Hook Interface introduce the ability to create Mint Accounts that execute custom instruction logic on every token transfer.

This guide will lead you through the process of integrating Solana wallet adapter in NextJS and using Solana wallets in your app