Architecting High-Performance Solana Programs: The Zero-Copy Deep Dive (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Explore how zero-copy changes the way a Solana program reads and updates account data.
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From accounts and transactions to token extensions and the way programs handle data.
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Understanding Solana
Follow the series from architecture and accounts to the transactions that bring them together.
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- Part 1Understanding Solana: Architecture, Account Model and Transactions — part 1 (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Start with Solana’s architecture before getting into accounts, programs, and transactions.
- Part 2Understanding Solana: Account Model - part 2 (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Understand what an account contains and how programs work with accounts.
- Part 3Understanding Solana - Part 3: Anchor Accounts, Seeds, Bumps, PDAs, and How the Client Really Works (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Connect Anchor’s account declarations to seeds, bumps, PDAs, and the client that uses them.
- Part 4Understanding Solana - Part4: Instructions and Messages (opens on Substack in a new tab)
See how individual instructions become the message that a transaction carries.
- Part 5Understanding Solana - Part 5: Transaction, Serialization, Signatures, Fees, and Runtime Execution (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Follow a transaction through serialization, signatures, fees, and runtime execution.
- Part 6Understanding Solana – Part 6: Transactions, Messages, and Address Lookup Tables in Practice (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Bring transactions and messages together in practice, including address lookup tables.
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Solana Deep Dive: Unpacking Borsh Serialization Under the Hood (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Follow structured data into its byte representation, and back again through Borsh.
July 2026Article resourcesThe Utility Extensions: Completing the Token-2022 Architecture (opens on Substack in a new tab)
A closer look at the utility extensions that round out Token-2022.
July 2026Article resourcesNative ZK on Solana: The Architecture of Confidential Transfers (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Look beneath confidential transfers at the architecture that brings zero-knowledge proofs into token operations.
April 2026Article resourcesEngineering Native Yield: A Deep Dive into Solana's Interest-Bearing Mint Extension (opens on Substack in a new tab)
What does an interest-bearing mint actually change? Examine the extension beneath the displayed balance.
March 2026Article resourcesTransfer Hooks on Solana: Anchor 0.31 & Token-2022 (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Work through the connection between Token-2022 transfer hooks and an Anchor program.
March 2026Article resourcesSolana Token-2022 Transfer Hooks and the Fee-on-Transfer Extension (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Explore the mechanics of transfer hooks and transfer fees in the token lifecycle.
March 2026Article resourcesFrom Convention to Explicit State: Token-2022 and Metadata Pointers on Solana (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Trace how a metadata pointer connects a Token-2022 mint to its metadata.
March 2026Article resourcesWhere Token Metadata Lives on Solana: From Convention to Explicit Data (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Find out where token names, symbols, and other metadata sit in Solana’s account model.
January 2026Article resourcesSPL Token Program Architecture: A Technical Overview (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Build a mental model of the token program, mints, and token accounts.
January 2026Article resourcesUnderstanding Solana – Part 6: Transactions, Messages, and Address Lookup Tables in Practice (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Bring transactions and messages together in practice, including address lookup tables.
December 2025Updated exampleUnderstanding Solana - Part 5: Transaction, Serialization, Signatures, Fees, and Runtime Execution (opens on Substack in a new tab)
Follow a transaction through serialization, signatures, fees, and runtime execution.
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