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

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.

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.

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

IDLs are a JSON representation of a program and let you decode the program's instructions and accounts, generate clients in different languages and lets people understand the program's interface without reading the source code.

Learn how to implement atomic Delivery vs Payment (DvP) for commercial paper and securities using SPL Token 2022 extensions and standard USDC, without writing custom Rust programs.

Learn how to implement multiple daily NAV strikes for money market funds using SPL Token 2022 extensions, enabling institutional-grade subscription and redemption with atomic settlement.

Learn how to implement compliant, permissioned tokens on Solana using Token ACL and the ABL Gate Program. Enable allow/block lists without sacrificing user experience.

Learn how to protect your Solana transactions from sandwich attacks using Jito's dontfront feature. This guide covers how sandwich attacks work, how dontfront prevents front-running, bundle ordering rules, tip strategies, and integration examples in TypeScript and Rust.

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 onchain 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.

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 onchain 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.

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.

Learn how to integrate the x402 payment protocol with Kora's gasless Solana signing infrastructure, enabling micropayments for API access with zero gas fees.

This guide explains what x402 is and how to build a simple 'HTTP 402 Payment Required' flow on Solana with a minimal server verifier and a client that pays and then accesses the endpoint.

Step-by-step guide to implement Solana wallet authentication in your Next.js application using Supabase. Learn how to connect Phantom or Solflare wallets, authenticate users with wallet signatures, and protect routes. Perfect for developers building Solana dApps who want secure, passwordless authentication.

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

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