Jacob Creech
@jacobvcreech
@SolanaFndn Head of Developer Relations · Developer · Contribute to Solana Ecosystem http://forum.solana.com
Anchor has a future, but it needs to change quickly to catch up So here's the plan: Next version of Anchor will be V1. V1 will be much the same as 0.X with a number of changes: - Borsh to 1.X - Removal of dead code - Removal of various footguns - CU optimizations - No more…
I've built a Solana vault entirely in sBPF assembly. No Anchor. No Pinocchio. check it out here github.com/bidhan-a/sbpf-… (it has tests too) Vaults are essential in pretty much all DeFi apps so this should be a good building block for writing more complex assembly programs.
Going to go through some of the anchor issues live. Feel free to join in and help out on Anchor!
Every Anchor Issue Live x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
DX is a lot about first impressions: 1. Download the starter code 2. Edit it to test out your idea 3. Get a clean experience all along the stack We are not there yet in Solana but we are working hard on it.
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This would have been really nice to have implemented in 2021 Think of all the headaches it could have solved Better late than never
Cleaning up old github issues. It's fun to see how far we've come. For those that weren't always around, associated token accounts used to not be a thing. Sending tokens to people also required them to create an account to receive the token first too.
In 2024, Solana onboarded the most new developers out of any blockchain. The total new devs coming in was only 7625 for Solana. This is actually tiny in the grand scheme of things and I want to 10x that this year. We're trending right, but we've got a long way to go.
I have vibe-coded a merkletree distributor, you can give it a look here: cxalem.blog/posts/solana-m… This guide outlines the process of building and utilizing a gas-efficient SOL airdrop program with Merkle trees on Solana.
building in public and open sourcing your work makes everything move way faster.
Tweet to PR in just a few hours 🔥🔥🔥 S/O to @mael_bomane for the contribution!
New blog post published on my site! cxalem.blog/posts/solana-m… How to migrate from solana/web3.js and solana/wallet-adapter to Gill and the Wallet-Ui
What example projects do you want to see built on Solana?
With the GENIUS Act, stablecoins are no longer “crypto.” They’re essential financial infrastructure. And Solana is becoming their default rails. Fiserv. Worldpay. Stripe. Visa. PayPal. Payment giants are choosing Solana, the natural Schelling point for onchain global finance…
When I did my builder cohort at Turbin3 I didn't understand PDAs well which really bothered me. 😅Doing ackee bootcamp rn and wrote a fairly comprehensive blog explaining it in detail. Do give it a read to understand PDAs better, Feedback appreciated! :) medium.com/p/ok-but-what-…
Who wants to help us add this to our docs?
having this in your docs is incredibly high signal
Here's an exciting tool for @solana_devs Surfpool by @txtx_sol It allows you to run stuff locally and it will dynamically fetch all missing accounts from mainnet. So you can just simulate all programs locally while not having to deal with anything. I love it!
Dean cracked how bytecode is generated from assembly through llvm toolchain and it's not that complex, so we thought we could parse the assembly, analyze if it's dynamic (needs relocation) and do a direct bytecode generation gist.github.com/deanmlittle/d3…