# Helius Blog > Research, tutorials, and updates from the Helius team. The Helius blog covers Solana development, infrastructure, and ecosystem news. Posts are listed newest-first; each entry links to the markdown variant suitable for direct agent consumption. ## Posts - [Reclaiming Opacity: The Imperative for Privacy in Crypto](https://www.helius.dev/blog/why-crypto-needs-privacy.md): Privacy is opacity—the right to live unindexed. This was forgotten while popularizing crypto. We need to build, run, and use more privacy solutions - [SIMD-550: Why Solana Should Double Disinflation](https://www.helius.dev/blog/simd-550-solana-disinflation.md): A deep dive into Solana Improvement Document 550, which seeks to reduce Solana’s emissions schedule by doubling the disinflation rate - [From ClickHouse to RocksDB: How We Rebuilt Solana’s Archival Layer](https://www.helius.dev/blog/migrating-from-clickhouse-to-rocksdb.md): How and why Helius rebuilt Solana's archival layer on RocksDB instead of ClickHouse, cutting storage from 330TB to 190TB and slashing query latency - [Helius acquires Light to build the canonical privacy layer for Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/light-protocol-acquisition.md): Helius is acquiring the Solana privacy startup, Light Protocol, to build an onchain privacy solution. - [Agave 4.0 Update: All You Need to Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-v4-0.md): A roundup of the most important features and performance upgrades in the Solana Agave 4.0 validator client release. - [getTransfersByAddress: Parsed Solana Transfer History in 1 Call](https://www.helius.dev/blog/introducing-gettransfersbyaddress.md): getTransfersByAddress is a new Helius-exclusive Solana RPC method that returns parsed, human-readable token and SOL transfer records for any wallet address. - [Helius Joins the Solana Research Institute as Founding Member](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-research-institute.md): We joined the Solana Research Institute as a founding member to publish and promote rigorous, institutional-grade research about the Solana network. - [Constellation: A Proposal For MCP on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/constellation.md): Constellation is Anza's proposal to implement Multiple Concurrent Proposers (MCP) on Solana. Learn how it works, the problems it solves, and open questions. - [Helius Joins Solana Developer Platform](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-developer-platform.md): Learn how Helius is helping financial institutions and enterprises build applications on Solana. - [LaserStream Now Powers All Helius WebSockets](https://www.helius.dev/blog/laserstream-websockets.md): All WebSocket streaming is now powered by LaserStream infrastructure, delivering up to 200ms faster event delivery for Standard Solana WSS methods. - [Helius for Agents](https://www.helius.dev/blog/helius-for-agents.md): One-shot anything on Solana with the Helius Claude Code Plugin, MCP Server with 60+ tools, CLI with 95+ commands, skills, and agent-friendly SDKs. - [Introducing Gatekeeper: The Helius Edge Gateway](https://www.helius.dev/blog/introducing-gatekeeper.md): Gatekeeper is a unified, low-latency, global edge network that improves response times tens to hundreds of ms faster. Supports RPC, WSS, DAS, and more. - [Agave 3.1 Update: All You Need to Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-v3-1.md): A roundup of the most important features and performance upgrades in the Solana Agave 3.0 validator client release. - [Introducing Token Account Filters for gTFA](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-token-accounts-history.md): Get the complete transaction history for a Solana wallet’s token accounts with the new tokenAccounts filter for the getTransactionsForAddress RPC method. - [What Would Solana Need to Change to Become Quantum Ready?](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-post-quantum-cryptography.md): Post-quantum pathways for Solana, examining potential protocol and signature upgrades that could strengthen security. - [Top 13 Solana Block Explorers (2026)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/top-solana-block-explorers.md): Discover 13 of the best block explorers on Solana, including Orb, Jito's MEV bundle explorer, and the original explorer maintained by the Solana Foundation. - [What is the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)?](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-virtual-machine.md): Learn how the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) works: from Rust source compiling through LLVM to sBPF bytecode, to how the SVM executes transactions. - [Introducing Orb: Solana's New Block Explorer](https://www.helius.dev/blog/orb-block-explorer.md): Orb is a fast, human-readable Solana block explorer built by Helius on state-of-the-art archival infrastructure. Discover its powerful new features and design. - [16 U.S. Solana Spot ETFs: Approvals, Fees, Tickers, S1s](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-etfs.md): After months of growing investor excitement, U.S.-listed Solana Spot ETFs are launching marking a major milestone for Solana's presence in traditional markets. - [getTransactionsForAddress and up to 10x Faster Archival Data](https://www.helius.dev/blog/introducing-gettransactionsforaddress.md): getTransactionsForAddress is a new Solana RPC method for querying historical data with powerful features, including reverse search, time-based filtering, and pagination. - [High-Performance Solana Streaming with LaserStream SDKs ](https://www.helius.dev/blog/laserstream-sdks.md): Learn how the LaserStream SDK improves Solana gRPC data streaming throughput 40x from 30 MB/s to 1.3GB/s. - [Agave 3.0 Update: All You Need to Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-v3-0.md): A roundup of the most important features and performance upgrades in the Solana Agave 3.0 validator client release. - [The Solana Company Selects Helius as SOL Staking Provider](https://www.helius.dev/blog/the-solana-company-selects-helius-as-sol-staking-provider.md): The Solana Company, a Solana Digital Asset Treasury company, backed by Pantera Capital and Summer Capital selects Helius as a non-custodial staking provider. - [Introducing: Next-Generation Enhanced WebSockets](https://www.helius.dev/blog/introducing-next-generation-enhanced-websockets.md): Enhanced WebSockets are now powered by the same infra that powers LaserStream, our next-generation gRPC streaming service built for speed and fault-tolerance. - [Bitwise Selects Helius as Exclusive SOL Staking Provider](https://www.helius.dev/blog/bitwise-solana-etf.md): Bitwise selects Helius as the exclusive SOL staking provider to run their Bitwise Onchain Solutions validator for the Solana Staking ETF (NYSE: BSOL). - [The Rise of Solana Digital Asset Treasury Companies](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-digital-asset-treasury-companies.md): Explore Solana’s digital asset treasury firms: who’s raising, how much SOL they hold, and their impact on the ecosystem. - [Rockets, Quantum Threats, Zeros and Ones: Dean Little on Forging Solana's Truth](https://www.helius.dev/blog/dean-little.md): An interview exploring Dean's beginnings, cryptographic innovations, thoughts on assembly, and his educational work at Blueshift - [Achieving Zero-Slot Execution with Sender and LaserStream](https://www.helius.dev/blog/zero-slot.md): Learn how to achieve zero-slot execution with Sender and LaserStream, a unified workflow that turns signals into profitable opportunities - [P-Token: Solana’s Next Big Efficiency Unlock](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-p-token.md): P-token is a new drop-in replacement for the SPL Token program that delivers an impressive 95%+ reduction in compute unit consumption. - [How to Write Solana Programs with SBPF Assembly](https://www.helius.dev/blog/sbpf-assembly.md): Learn about sBPF's virtual machine architecture, instruction set, and memory model. Then follow a simple SBPF Assembly tutorial to deploy your first program. - [Solana’s Proprietary AMM Revolution](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solanas-proprietary-amm-revolution.md): Learn all about proprietary AMMs, a new market-making primitive pioneered on Solana - [Hardware as Ideology: An Interview with Austin Federa](https://www.helius.dev/blog/hardware-as-ideology-austin-federa.md): An interview with Austin Federa, co-founder of DoubleZero, on hardware, Solana, and creating a new Internet for the next era of blockchains - [Winning the Millisecond Game: Shreds, LaserStream, and the Edge of Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-shreds.md): Learn how Solana shreds work, compare shred delivery latency across Solana validators and data streaming solutions, and see how LaserStream gives you an edge. - [Bringing Slashing to Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/bringing-slashing-to-solana.md): Programmatic slashing is making its way to Solana. Discover what is being proposed and how it will impact the network. - [Solana Breakpoint 2025 Giveaway](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-breakpoint-2025-giveaway.md): Have you made significant contributions to OSS development on Solana? Apply for your chance to win a free trip to Solana Breakpoint 2025 in Abu Dhabi. - [How DFlow Uses LaserStream to Quote Solana's Best Prices](https://www.helius.dev/blog/dflow.md): Learn how DFlow uses LaserStream to offer Solana market makers the best prices, tightest spreads, and lowest latency routes.  - [Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/block-assembly-marketplace-bam.md): Jito’s BAM is the most ambitious overhaul of Solana’s block construction yet, introducing private, programmable, and provably fair transaction sequencing. - [Agave v2.3 Update: All You Need to Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-v23-update--all-you-need-to-know.md): Catch all the key release cycle features and optimizations to watch out for with the Solana Agave 2.3 client update. - [On-Chain Proof Storage in DePIN: Sector Patterns, Drivers, and the Coming Wave of Adoption](https://www.helius.dev/blog/depin-proof-storage.md): Learn why proof storage matters for data aggregation and service-based DePINs. Compare frameworks, read case studies, and decide which method is right for you. - [How to Write Solana Programs with Steel](https://www.helius.dev/blog/steel.md): Steel is a modular, lightweight development framework for writing smart, performant Solana programs. Learn how it works and how to create a token. - [Engineering Velocity: Inside Anza’s Performance Team with Alessandro Decina](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-performance-engineering.md): An interview with Alessandro Decina, who leads Anza's performance team, on making the fastest blockchain in existence even faster - [Internet Capital Markets](https://www.helius.dev/blog/internet-capital-markets.md): Internet Capital Markets presents a reimagining of finance, radically reducing the barriers to issuing and owning assets. - [How to Build Solana Apps with Gill](https://www.helius.dev/blog/gill.md): Learn how to develop Solana apps with Gill, a modern and developer-friendly JavaScript/TypeScript client library for interacting with the Solana blockchain. - [Staking with Helius and hSOL are Now Supported on BitGo](https://www.helius.dev/blog/bitgo.md): BitGo customers can now maximize their institutional staking rewards on Solana by delegating stake to Helius’s 0% commission, 0% fee validator. - [Solana Ecosystem Report (H1 2025)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-ecosystem-report-h1-2025.md): A comprehensive analysis of Solana's current state as of mid-2025, examining its technical foundations, economics, and key ecosystem developments - [At The Edge Of Determinism: Transaction Lifecycle in Solana Sealevel and Sui Object Runtime](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-vs-sui-transaction-lifecycle.md): Learn how Solana transactions are created, submitted, propagated, executed, and validated compared to Sui's object runtime. - [Real World Assets on Solana: A Comprehensive Overview](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-real-world-assets.md): An overview of the Solana real world asset landscape, showcasing the growing diversity of RWA offerings and their practical applications. - [Introducing Helius’s Solana Devnet Faucet](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-faucet.md): Access the Solana Devnet faucet in your dashboard. Claim Devnet SOL through the UI or request an airdrop through the Solana CLI. - [How to Build Solana Programs with Pinocchio](https://www.helius.dev/blog/pinocchio.md): Develop Solana programs with Pinocchio. Learn how Pinocchio works and compare Pinocchio vs. Anchor vs. Steel. Includes a tutorial on creating a Solana token. - [Solana Passkeys: The Future of Crypto Wallet UX](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-passkeys.md): Learn how to use passkeys on Solana to accelerate onboarding, eliminate the risk of losing seed phrases, and improve wallet UX. - [How to Build Mobile Apps with Send’s Solana AppKit](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-appkit.md): Introducing the Solana AppKit — an open-source React Native toolkit for building iOS and Android apps on Solana, with 18+ protocol integrations. - [Introducing the Builder Series Guest Blog Program](https://www.helius.dev/blog/guest-blog.md): Launch products. Educate developers. Build authority within the Solana ecosystem. Learn how to pitch articles and get featured on the Helius blog. - [Helius Receives SOC 2 Type II Certification](https://www.helius.dev/blog/soc2.md): Helius is now SOC 2 Type II certified. The audit was performed by Sensiba LLP. Visit our Trust Center to request a copy of our audit. - [Solana Consulting and Advisory Services](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-consulting.md): Consult with Helius before building on the Solana blockchain. Explore Solana advisory, Solana development services, and Solana launch strategies. - [Solana’s Stablecoin Landscape](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solanas-stablecoin-landscape.md): We explore the stablecoin ecosystem on Solana, tracking adoption, highlighting the growing variety of tokens, and examining real-world use cases. - [Solana Staking Taxes and Reporting Guide](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-staking-taxes.md): Learn about how Solana staking rewards are taxed, taxable events, tax advantages of LSTs, managing tax liabilities, reporting staking income, and tax software. - [Frictionless and secure UX: the tech stack onboarding millions of users to Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/web3-ux.md): Learn how to build seamless onchain user experiences with Privy's embedded wallets, gasless transactions, onramps, and native bridging. - [Alpenglow: Solana's Great Consensus Rewrite](https://www.helius.dev/blog/alpenglow.md): Learn about Alpenglow, Solana's consensus rewrite, how it works, its performance, security and fault-tolerance, impact, risks and open questions - [Announcing the [REDACTED] Hackathon Winners](https://www.helius.dev/blog/redacted-hackathon-winners.md): $175,000 in prizes. 38 bounties. 900+ submissions. Meet the winners of the 2025 [REDACTED] Hackathon for analysts, security researchers, and onchain sleuths - [What are Solana Commitment Levels?](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-commitment-levels.md): Understand Solana commitment levels. Processed, Confirmed, Finalized. Differences, use cases, and performance impacts. - [Stablecoin Payments Guide for Fintechs & Financial Institutions](https://www.helius.dev/blog/stablecoin-payments.md): Digital dollars are reshaping the global payments market. Explore stablecoin use cases, benefits, issuers, and the best blockchains for stablecoin apps. - [Solana Hacks, Bugs, and Exploits: A Complete History](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-hacks.md): Explore the cause, impact, and fix for 35+ Solana application exploits, supply chain attacks, network incidents, and protocol vulnerabilities. - [Introducing Surfpool: A Solana Devnet Alternative](https://www.helius.dev/blog/surfpool.md): Learn how Surfpool and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is improving the way Solana developers test and deploy programs on Devnet and Mainnet-beta. - [Agave v2.2 Update: All You Need to Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-v22-update--all-you-need-to-know.md): A roundup of the most important features and performance upgrades in the Solana Agave 2.2 validator client release. - [Introducing Helius Validator-as-a-Service](https://www.helius.dev/blog/introducing-validator-as-a-service.md): Launch an institutional-grade, white label Solana validator with Helius. Maximize your rewards. Leverage the experience of Solana's most trusted node provider. - [Building Permissioned Blockchains with Solana Permissioned Environments](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-permissioned-blockchains.md): This article dives into Solana’s ecosystem of private appchains, tailored for enterprise-grade performance and regulatory compliance. - [Introducing LaserStream: Next-Gen Solana Data Streaming](https://www.helius.dev/blog/introducing-laserstream.md): Stream Solana blocks, accounts and transactions faster. LaserStream is a scalable, low-latency, and fault-tolerant alternative to Yellowstone gRPC and WebSockets. - [Confidential Balances: Empowering Confidentiality in the Solana Ecosystem](https://www.helius.dev/blog/confidential-balances.md): Introducing Confidential Balances — new layers of confidentiality for asset owners and token issuers without sacrificing regulatory compliance. - [Solana Governance: A Comprehensive Analysis](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-governance--a-comprehensive-analysis.md): This report provides a detailed overview of Solana's governance framework, tracing its evolution and explaining how decisions are proposed, evaluated, and implemented. - [How to Build a Solana Data Dashboard with Dune](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-build-a-solana-data-dashboard-with-dune.md): Learn how to build a comprehensive Solana dashboard, leveraging real-time metrics, historical trends, and decoded program data. - [Embedded MPC Wallets for Payments Apps on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-mpc-wallet.md): Learn how embedded MPC wallets work on Solana. Get step-by-step instructions for integrating them in your stablecoin application with Portal. - [Announcing the [REDACTED] Hackathon](https://www.helius.dev/blog/redacted-hackathon.md): Compete for over $150,000 in bounties from Solana's leading data, forensics, and security companies. Submissions open April 1st, 2025. - [What are Solana Smart Wallets? Comparison & Implementation Guide](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-smart-wallets.md): Learn how Solana smart wallets work, compare different embedded wallet providers, and follow our step-by-step guide to integrate them in your app. - [SIMD-228: A Critical Analysis](https://www.helius.dev/blog/simd-228.md): This report analyzes SIMD-228: Market-Based Emission Mechanism, assessing its potential effects and evaluating key arguments for and against. - [Solana Arithmetic: Best Practices for Building Financial Apps](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-arithmetic.md): Learn how to safely perform mathematical operations on Solana tokens, including calculating interest, rounding numbers, and more. - [A Complete History of Solana Outages: Causes, Fixes, and Lessons Learnt](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-outages-complete-history.md): This article analyzes every Solana outage incident in detail, examining the root causes, triggering events, and the measures taken to resolve them. - [Arcium: Privacy 2.0 for Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-privacy.md): Privacy 2.0 introduces a new paradigm—where shared private state unlocks an entirely new whitespace for on-chain applications. - [What are Solana PDAs? Explanation & Examples (2026)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-pda.md): Learn how Program Derived Addresses (PDAs) work, and review four examples of how they are used to store data for Solana programs (smart contracts). - [Analyzing Solana On-chain Data: Tools & Dashboards](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-data-tools.md): This guide gives new analysts an overview of tools for accessing Solana data including tools for streaming data, historical analysis, and on-chain metrics. - [Introducing Kite: the Modern Solana TypeScript Framework](https://www.helius.dev/blog/kite-solana-typescript-framework.md): Kite leverages the speed and elegance of Solana web3.js version 2 but allows you to do most common Solana tasks in a single function. - [Agave v2.1 Update: All You Need to Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-v21-update-all-you-need-to-know.md): A summary of all the key release cycle features and optimizations to watch out for with the Solana Agave 2.1 client update. - [How to Turn Your Idea into a Solana Program (Smart Contract)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-turn-your-idea-into-a-solana-program-smart-contract.md): We’ll use a Polymarket-style prediction market on Solana to show how to transform concepts into accounts, store tokens, and optimize performance. - [The Helius Manifesto](https://www.helius.dev/blog/manifesto.md): Helius’ mission is to increase the economic potential of the world’s developers. And we believe this is only possible with crypto rails. - [Solana App Onboarding: The Case for Embedded Wallets](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-embedded-wallets.md): Learn how to add embedded wallets to your Solana application and quickly onboard new users who may not already have a self-custodial wallet. - [How to Build a Secure AI Agent on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-build-a-secure-ai-agent-on-solana.md): Learn how to build an AI Agent that can access its own Solana wallet without compromising security using Turnkey's policy-controlled credentials. - [The Cheapest Way to Airdrop Solana Tokens](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-airdrop.md): Discover how to send Solana airdrops at scale without draining your budget. This guide compares the traditional approach, details where costs come from, and shows how zero-knowledge (ZK) compression cuts fees by over 95%. - [$TRUMP’s Historic Weekend on Solana: Records, Trends, and Insights](https://www.helius.dev/blog/trump-solana-memecoin-records-trends-insights.md): January 18th and 19th, 2025 was a historic weekend for Solana. Discover the record-breaking activity, trends, and insights. - [How to Use AI to Build Solana Apps](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-use-ai-to-build-solana-apps.md): Learn how to use AI programming tools to build Solana applications. Discover tips and engineering prompts to accelerate development cycles. - [The Truth about Solana Local Fee Markets](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-local-fee-markets.md): This article provides an accessible analysis of the current state of Solana's local fee markets and what needs to improve. - [Solana MEV Report: Trends, Insights, and Challenges ](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-mev-report.md): Explore the current Solana MEV landscape with concrete examples and quantifiable, contextual data to illustrate the scope and impact of MEV. - [Exploring NFT Compression on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-nft-compression.md): Learn how to work with NFT Compression on Solana. - [Beyond the Tech Bro: Rethinking Hero Worship in Crypto](https://www.helius.dev/blog/beyond-the-tech-bro-rethinking-hero-worship-in-crypto.md): Cult of Personality. Great Man Theory of History. The Potency of Ideas. Decentralized Leadership. Grassroot Organizations. Crypto-Optimism. - [All You Need to Know About hSOL ](https://www.helius.dev/blog/what-is-hsol.md): Learn the benefits of the hSOL Liquid Staking Token (LST), purchasing it on a DEX, and how to convert Helius stake accounts into hSOL using Sanctum. - [Announcing the Helius Startup Launchpad](https://www.helius.dev/blog/helius-startup-launchpad.md): Partnering with Solana's top investors to help early-stage startups with resources and support to execute like world-class companies. - [Solana Dev101- How to get the holders of an NFT collection (Snapshot)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/nft-holder-snapshots.md): Learn how to get all the owners of an NFT collection on Solana. - [An Introduction to Anchor: A Beginner’s Guide to Building Solana Programs](https://www.helius.dev/blog/an-introduction-to-anchor-a-beginners-guide-to-building-solana-programs.md): Learn everything you need to know to get started building on Solana with Anchor - [Plug and Play Token Extensions](https://www.helius.dev/blog/plug-and-play-token-extensions.md): Build with Token Extensions on Solana Playground - [A Guide to Testing Solana Programs](https://www.helius.dev/blog/a-guide-to-testing-solana-programs.md): Learn how to test Solana programs, from theory to practical examples - [How to Set Up a Solana Validator](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-set-up-a-solana-validator.md): Learn how to set up a Solana validator with this step-by-step guide. - [DoubleZero: A Faster Internet](https://www.helius.dev/blog/doublezero-a-faster-internet.md): DoubleZero is building a fast global fiber optic network to meet the demands of high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems including Solana. - [Funding Announcement](https://www.helius.dev/blog/funding-announcement.md): With a $21.75M raise led by Haun Ventures & Founders Fund, we're boosting developers' economic potential via crypto. - [Introducing: Faster getProgramAccounts (gPA) Calls](https://www.helius.dev/blog/faster-getprogramaccounts.md): Learn how to optimize your getProgramAccount (gPA) calls on Solana to get up to 10x faster results - [Solana Staking Simplified: A Complete Guide to SOL Staking](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-staking-simplified-guide-to-sol-staking.md): A concise overview of staking SOL. We answer the most common questions and cover all the key areas you need to know. - [Poseidon: Build Solana Programs with TypeScript](https://www.helius.dev/blog/build-solana-programs-with-typescript-poseidon.md): Poseidon is a new transpiler framework that empowers web developers to create Solana on-chain programs with TypeScript. - [How to Start Building with the Solana Web3.js 2.0 SDK](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-start-building-with-the-solana-web3-js-2-0-sdk.md): Anza Labs launched Web3.js 2.0 SDK with modern JavaScript features. This article covers updates and a transaction example. - [Measuring Solana’s Decentralization: Facts and Figures](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-decentralization-facts-and-figures.md): An analysis of Solana’s decentralization using verifiable data, comparing its metrics to other blockchains. - [Solana Congestion: How to Best Send Solana Transactions](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-congestion-how-to-best-send-solana-transactions.md): This guide covers strategies for successful transactions during congestion, including priority fees and optimization. - [Agave v2.0 Update All You Need to Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-v2-update.md): Summary of key Solana Agave 2.0 features and optimizations, including syscalls, economic changes, and ZK ElGamal Proof. - [Create a Solana Telegram Bot in Less Than 100 Lines of Code](https://www.helius.dev/blog/create-a-solana-telegram-bot-in-less-than-100-lines-of-code.md): This guide demonstrates how to create a customizable Telegram bot that tracks real-time events using Helius webhooks and Cloudflare Workers. - [Asynchronous Program Execution: Dawn of a New Solana APE-och](https://www.helius.dev/blog/asynchronous-program-execution.md): A detailed examination of Async Execution, a major protocol update championed by Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko - [Optimizing Solana Programs](https://www.helius.dev/blog/optimizing-solana-programs.md): A guide on Solana program optimization, covering Anchor to low-level unsafe Rust, balancing performance, safety, and usability. - [ZK Compression Keynote: Breakpoint 2024](https://www.helius.dev/blog/zk-compression-keynote-breakpoint-2024.md): ZK compression—what it is, how it works, and, most importantly, why it’s crucial for the future of Solana. - [Is Solana’s inflation too high?](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-issuance-inflation-schedule.md): A comprehensive analysis of Solana's inflation schedule and issuance. - [Agave 2.0 Transition: A Developer Guide](https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-2-0-transition.md): Helius strongly recommends our developer community to review the following changes before the Agave 2.0 Mainnet-Beta client release - [The Solana Foundation Delegation Program & the Challenges Facing Long-tail Validators](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-foundation-delegation-program-sfdp.md): Report analyzing the effects of the Solana Foundation's Delegation Program (SFDP) and the challenges facing Solana's long-tail validators. - [How to Mine Ore: A Beginner-Friendly Guide](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-mine-ore-a-beginner-friendly-guide.md): This article explores Proof of Work, Bitcoin mining origins, and compares it to ORE mining via web app and CLI. - [A Short Introduction to DePIN](https://www.helius.dev/blog/a-short-introduction-to-depin.md): This short introduction will explain DePIN, its functions, and its applications, such as telecommunication, storage, maps, and computing. - [Solana Executive Overview](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-executive-overview.md): An overview of Solana's core protocol, covering Gulf Stream, TPU, Turbine, consensus, gossip, and block verification. - [Solana Builders - Ore: A New International Money](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-builders---ore-a-new-international-money.md): Learn about Ore, a Bitcoin-like peer-to-peer electronic currency implemented as a program atop Solana, with kel xyz - [Zero-Knowledge Proofs: Its Applications on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/zero-knowledge-proofs-its-applications-on-solana.md): Learn about zero-knowledge proofs, and how Solana is shaping up to be a ZK juggernaut - [Zero-Knowledge Proofs: An Introduction to the Fundamentals](https://www.helius.dev/blog/zero-knowledge-proofs-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals.md): Learn the theory, mathematics, and cryptography that power the most powerful devised by cryptographers — zero-knowledge proofs. - [Solana Builders: ZK Compression](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-builders-zk-compression.md): Learn about ZK Compression — all its properties and caveats — with Overclock's dubbelosix - [Solana’s Gulf Stream: Mo Mempool, Mo problems](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-gulf-stream.md): An exploration of Gulf Stream, Solana's mempool-less transaction forwarding protocol - [All You Need to Know About Solana's v1.18 Update](https://www.helius.dev/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-solanas-v1-18-update.md): Learn about the latest update to the Solana Labs (now Agave) client, as well as the new central scheduler - [Stake-Weighted Quality of Service: Everything You Need to Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/stake-weighted-quality-of-service-everything-you-need-to-know.md): Learn about Stake-Weighted Quality of Service (SWQoS), how Solana processes transactions, and the growing importance of validators and stake - [How to Monitor Solana Transactions Using Geyser Enhanced Websockets](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-monitor-solana-transactions-using-geyser-enhanced-websockets.md): Learn how to master Geyser Enhanced Websockets with simple and complex examples - [How to Deal with Blockhash Errors on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-deal-with-blockhash-errors-on-solana.md): This blog explains blockhash errors, their causes, and best practices for avoiding them. - [How to Monitor a Raydium Liquidity Pool](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-monitor-a-raydium-liquidity-pool.md): Liquidity pools enable crypto trading on DEXs and other DeFi platforms. Learn to monitor them using webhooks and websockets in this article. - [How to Stake SOL on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-stake-solana.md): Learn how to natively stake SOL, how Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs) like hSOL work, and how staking improves the Solana network. - [How to Land Transactions on Solana ](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-land-transactions-on-solana.md): Learn why Solana transactions fail and follow these recommended best practices to improve landing rates and increase throughput. - [How to Fetch Newly Minted Tokens with Helius](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-fetch-newly-minted-tokens-with-helius.md): This article explores how tokens are created on Solana, what SPL tokens are, and how to monitor new tokens and fetch their metadata using Helius. - [Build a cNFT Minter Mobile App in Under 5 Minutes](https://www.helius.dev/blog/build-a-cnft-minter-mobile-app-in-under-5-minutes.md): This tutorial explains building an Android app to capture images and mint compressed NFTs on Solana. - [A Hitchhiker's Guide to Solana Program Security](https://www.helius.dev/blog/a-hitchhikers-guide-to-solana-program-security.md): Learn about Solana program security and how to mitigate common vulnerabilities - [Solana MEV: An Introduction](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-mev-an-introduction.md): An introduction to MEV on Solana. - [Futarchy and Governance: Prediction Markets Meet DAOs on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/futarchy-and-governance-prediction-markets-meet-daos-on-solana.md): Learn about Futarchy, how it works, and how it's being implemented on Solana via the Meta-DAO. - [Solana Frames: Minting a cNFT on Farcaster](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-frames-minting-a-cnft-on-farcaster.md): Learn about Farcaster, Frames, and how to create a Frame that mints a cNFT to a user's verified Solana address - [Liquid Staking and LSTs on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/lsts-on-solana.md): An exploration into the mechanics of LSTs on Solana. - [How to Get Token Holders on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-get-token-holders-on-solana.md): This guide explains how to retrieve all holders of a fungible token like USDC for tracking or airdrop purposes. - [All You Need to Know About Solana's v1.17 Update](https://www.helius.dev/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-solanas-v1-17-update.md): Learn about Solana's v1.17 update, the latest upgrade to the Solana Labs validator client, as well as the recent February network outage. - [How to build a Solana Portfolio Viewer with Next.js and Helius's DAS API](https://www.helius.dev/blog/build-a-solana-portfolio-viewer.md): Learn how to integrate the DAS API into a front-end application to build a portfolio viewer for showcasing both NFTs and SPL tokens. - [Solana Fees in Theory and Practice](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-fees-in-theory-and-practice.md): An exploration of Solana fees in theory and practice. - [Publishing Solana Mobile Apps: A How To Guide](https://www.helius.dev/blog/publishing-solana-mobile-apps.md): Learn the process of publishing a Solana Mobile dApp, from material preparation to submitting to the dApp store. - [Consensus on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/consensus-on-solana.md): Contextualizing the Role of Proof-of-History within Slots in Tower BFT, Solana’s Consensus Mechanism - [Token Gating on Solana - A Solana Mobile Tutorial](https://www.helius.dev/blog/token-gating-on-solana-mobile-tutorial.md): Learn token-gating on Solana using the Saga Genesis Token. - [Solana Nodes — A Primer on Solana RPCs, Validators, and RPC providers](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-nodes-a-primer-on-solana-rpcs-validators-and-rpc-providers.md): Learn about Solana nodes, the different types, their importance, and the top RPC providers. - [Solana Validator Economics: A Primer](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-validator-economics-a-primer.md): Learn how validators earn revenue through fees, tips, and issuance, how they distribute rewards, and the costs to operate a validator. - [How to Migrate From Ethereum to Solana: A Guide for Devs](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-migrate-from-ethereum-to-solana.md): Learn everything you need to know to start programming in Solidity on Solana - [The L1 vs L2 Landscape: Understanding the Design Differences, Tradeoffs, and Endgames](https://www.helius.dev/blog/the-l1-vs-l2-landscape.md): Understanding the L1 and L2 landscape from first principles. - [Priority Fees: Understanding Solana's Transaction Fee Mechanics](https://www.helius.dev/blog/priority-fees-understanding-solanas-transaction-fee-mechanics.md): Learn about Solana's transaction fee mechanics, priority fees, and how to implement them programmatically. - [Gaming: How Solana is Changing the Playfield](https://www.helius.dev/blog/gaming-how-solana-is-changing-the-playfield.md): Learn about Web3 gaming and all the tools you need to get started building Solana-integrated games, today. - [What is Firedancer? A Deep Dive into Solana 2.0](https://www.helius.dev/blog/what-is-firedancer.md): Learn everything you need to know about Firedancer, Solana's new independent validator client developed by Jump. - [The Solana Programming Model: An Introduction to Developing on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/the-solana-programming-model-an-introduction-to-developing-on-solana.md): Learn about the complexities of Solana's architecture, the role of accounts, and how transactions facilitate on-chain interactions. - [Turbine: Block Propagation on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/turbine-block-propagation-on-solana.md): Learn about Solana block propagation, its comparison to Ethereum, and future research on data availability. - [Solana for Enterprise: Reasons and Use Cases](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-for-enterprise.md): Learn why Solana is a strong contender for enterprise adoption, as well as why both new and established projects are choosing Solana - [Solana Geyser Plugins: Streaming Data at the Speed of Light](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-geyser-plugins-streaming-data-at-the-speed-of-light.md): Learn about Solana Geyser Plugins — how they work, how to make your own, and the streaming services Helius offers - [All You Need to Know About Solana's v1.16 Update](https://www.helius.dev/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-solanas-v1-16-update.md): Learn about Solana's v1.16 update, the latest upgrade to the Solana Labs validator client - [All You Need to Know About Compression on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-compression-on-solana.md): Learn about state compression, compressed NFTs (cNFTs), as well as how to fetch, mint or transfer them from our most comprehensive article yet - [How to set up a Solana Telegram bot](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-telegram-bot.md): Learn how to set up a Telegram bot that sends updates relating to on-chain activities with Helius webhooks. - [Cryptographic Tools 101 - Hash Functions and Merkle Trees Explained](https://www.helius.dev/blog/cryptographic-tools-101-hash-functions-and-merkle-trees-explained.md): Learn the fundamentals of cryptographic primitives, and how primitives such as hash functions and Merkle trees are essential to blockchains. - [Proof of History, Proof of Stake, Proof of Work - Explained](https://www.helius.dev/blog/proof-of-history-proof-of-stake-proof-of-work-explained.md): Learn about consensus algorithms, their importance, how they coordinate network participants, and the importance of time in blockchain technology - [How to Mitigate Spam QUICkly: All You Need to Know About Solana and QUIC](https://www.helius.dev/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-solana-and-quic.md): Learn about QUIC and how it has improved Solana's network - [Privacy on Solana with Elusiv and Light: All You Need to Know About Privacy on SOL](https://www.helius.dev/blog/privacy-on-solana-with-elusiv-and-light.md): Learn the importance of privacy and how to send SOL privately using Elusiv and the Light Protocol - [Solana DeFi: Jupiter Swap UI (2023)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-defi.md): Start your Solana DeFi journey by building a Jupiter Swap app. Learn the UX flow of adding a Jupiter Swap component into your application. - [Solana Transactions: Durable Nonces (2023)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-transactions.md): Learn how to submit Solana transactions with Durable Nonces by sending an offline transaction using JavaScript. - [Solana NFT: Modifying Compressed NFTs (2023)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-nft.md): Learn to modify Solana NFTs that are set up through the compressed program. - [All You Need to Know About Solana RPCs (2023)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-rpc.md): Demystify the inner workings of Solana RPCs, what makes them function, and how they differ from RPCs on other networks. - [Shopify & Solana Pay: Step-by-Step Guide (2023)](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-pay-shopify.md): We demonstrate how to integrate Solana Pay into a Shopify store - looking over both the merchant set up & customer checkout flow. - [Solana Pay: All You Need To Know](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-pay.md): Solana Pay is a standard protocol & set of reference implementations that enable decentralised payments. - [Solana Dev 101 - Deserializing Account Data on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-dev-101-deserializing-account-data-on-solana.md): Learn how to deserialize raw account data on Solana. - [Top Solana RPCs — Helius vs. Other Node Providers](https://www.helius.dev/blog/top-solana-rpcs-helius-vs-other-node-providers.md): An analysis of Helius vs other RPC providers on Solana. - [Solana Dev 101 - File system wallets + How to create a custom wallet ](https://www.helius.dev/blog/file-system-wallets-how-to-create-a-custom-wallet.md): This blog aims to shed light on what file system wallets are, how to create them, and how to utilize them. - [Solidity on Solana — What is Solang?](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solidity-on-solana-what-is-solang.md): Solidity is now available for the Solana blockchain through Solang. Learn about it more here! - [Solana Dev 101 - Creating a SvelteKit App with the New DAS API](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-dev-101-creating-a-sveltekit-app-with-the-new-das-api.md): Learn how to display NFTs on SvelteKit using the DAS API's new SDK. - [Solana RPCs and Helius](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-rpcs-and-helius.md): The story behind Helius RPCs and their evolution in the Solana ecosystem. - [Solana Dev 101 — How to Transfer Solana Tokens with Typescript](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-dev-101-how-to-transfer-solana-tokens-with-typescript.md): Learn how to transfer an NFT or SPL Token on Solana using TypeScript. - [Solana Dev 101 - Making a Solana Discord Bot with Webhooks](https://www.helius.dev/blog/discord-sales-bot.md): Learn how to create a Discord sales bot for an NFT collection on Solana using Helius's Webhooks - [Uploading Files to Shadow Drive on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/uploading-files-to-shadow-drive-on-solana.md): Learn how to upload files to SHDW on Solana using TypeScript. - [All You Need to Know About Solana’s New DAS API ](https://www.helius.dev/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-solanas-new-das-api.md): Learn all about Solana's new DAS API and it's methods. - [What are Token Extensions?](https://www.helius.dev/blog/what-is-token-2022.md): A deep look into Token Extensions and how they will power the next generation of tokens on Solana. - [Solana Dev 101 - Using DAS API For Fetching all NFTs in a Collection](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-dev-101-using-das-to-return-all-collection-assets.md): Use the DAS API to fetch all NFTs in a Solana collection using JavaScript. - [Solana Dev 101 - How to Mint an NFT on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-mint-an-nft-on-solana.md): Learn how to create and mint your own NFTs on Solana using JavaScript. - [Solana Dev 101 - Email Notifications for dApps](https://www.helius.dev/blog/webhook-to-email.md): Vercel backend and Replit designed to receive onchain Solana data from Helius’ webhooks and send a message to a given email in real time. - [Solana Dev 101 - How to Create a Solana Transaction](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-to-create-a-solana-transaction.md): Learn how to create and send a transaction with Javascript on Solana. This is a beginner-friendly guide, so don't worry if you're new to Solana. - [Solana Dev 101 - Mint SPL Tokens on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/working-with-solana-tokens.md): Learn how to mint tokens on the Solana blockchain. - [Build a Wallet Tracker on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/build-a-wallet-tracker-on-solana.md): Everything you need to know to setup a wallet tracker on Solana with Helius Webhooks. - [How Solana RPCs Work](https://www.helius.dev/blog/how-solana-rpcs-work.md): Demystify the inner workings of Solana RPCs, what makes them function, and how they differ from RPCs on Ethereum. - [Listening to Onchain Events on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-data-streaming.md): Listening to On-chain Events on Solana with Geyser, Websockets, or Webhooks. - [Join the Helius Hacker Program and Shape the Future of Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/join-the-helius-hacker-program-and-shape-the-future-of-solana.md): Join a like-minded community of Solana developers. - [Understanding Slots, Blocks, and Epochs on Solana](https://www.helius.dev/blog/solana-slots-blocks-and-epochs.md): A deep dive on how Solana slots, blocks, and epochs work together.