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Block times of 400ms. 50,000 transactions per second.

Written in Rust.

SPL tokens = equivalent to ERC20 tokens.

smart contracts = programs

Wallet

Using Ledger: https://solflare.com/dashboard

Tools

CLI

https://docs.solana.com/cli

Create a wallet

solana-keygen new

Check balance

solana balance <PUBKEY>

Send a token

solana transfer --from <KEYPAIR> <RECIPIENT_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS> <AMOUNT> --fee-payer <KEYPAIR>

Anchor

https://github.com/project-serum/anchor The "Truffle" of Solana

Programs

Projects

Serum declared itself defunct in Nov 2022 after the FTX/Alameda collapse (FTX held its upgrade authority). Community-forked into OpenBook in 2023.

Bonfida

Rebranded to Solana Name Service (SNS) in 2026. https://docs.bonfida.com/#get-long-and-short-ratios

Orca

https://www.orca.so/ Leading Solana DEX (Whirlpools), expanding into tokenized RWAs.

Dashboards

Sonar.watch

Acquired by Jupiter in 2026, folded into Jupiter's portfolio-tracking feature.

Raydium

AMM on Solana Yield farming in a bunch of LPs there https://raydium.io/farms

Made for Uniswap but should be the same for Raydium: https://dailydefi.org/articles/lp-token-value-calculation/

Mercurial => Meteora

Rebranded to Meteora in 2023 (clean break from FTX-linked MER token). Now powers Jupiter Swap infra. https://www.meteora.ag/

Saber

https://saber.so/ AMM for stablecoins

Symmetry

https://symmetry.fi/ "Create & invest in custom indices"

Hedgehog

https://hedgehog.markets/ Relaunched in 2026 as a prediction market platform.

Marinade.finance

https://marinade.finance/ Liquid staking protocol built on Solana blockchain. Most-used Solana staking platform in 2026.

Zeta Markets

https://zeta.markets/ Migrating to the "Bullet" network, ZEX token launch pending.

Solend => Save

Rebranded to Save (save.finance) in July 2024. Added SUSD stablecoin and SaveSOL LST.

Drift Protocol

https://www.drift.trade/ Suffered a $286M exploit in April 2026 (durable-nonce attack). Relaunch targeted Q3 2026 as a leaner perps-only venue.

Jupiter

https://jup.ag/ Aggregator for best swap execution (1inch of Solana). Dominant, ~95% of Solana DEX volume; acquired Sonar.watch, launched JupUSD stablecoin.

Apricot

https://app.apricot.one/ Still live, retiring some features to focus dev effort; expanded to Aptos.

Kamino

https://app.kamino.finance/ Lending platform. Largest lending protocol on Solana (~$3.2B TVL in 2026). Absorbed Hubble Protocol's lending business (Hubble's USDH wound down 2024).

List of new projects

https://solasystem.io/

NFTs

SolanaMonkeyBusiness (SMB)

https://solanamonkey.business/ Still a blue-chip collection in 2026; SMB Gen3 in progress.