The blockchain is basically a giant database. Anyone in the world can make changes to the database (transfer funds, etc). You do this by sending a “transaction” to the network. The order of the transactions matters a lot (you must deposit funds before spending them). It’s very easy for centralized…

Deploy your contracts on Anchor — What is Solana? Solana is a decentralized blockchain platform created by Anatoly Yakavenko. Solana has a block time of 400 ms which is freakingly fast. This is because of their proof of history consensus mechanism, which is actually a proof of stake but added extra variable time. …

In an economic environment that leaves us all chasing yield with the dollars we earn, a traditional savings account that once provided a respectable return on your money is no longer reliable. The 5% annual return that was once possible by leaving your money in a savings account at the…

Ethereum is a well-know blockchain that supports “turing-complete” smart contracts. Solana is a rapidly growing blockchain that also supports smart contracts — called Solana programs, and it seems to be superior to Ethereum in terms of transactions per second and cost. Why Solana programs are faster than Ethereum smart contracts…

Before we start Before diving deep into this tutorial, please make sure that you have your environment set up and tool suite installed following the steps in this tutorial. If you have already done it, then fix your seat belt, and we are ready to go 🚗 Connect to Devnet If you do not have your…

Solana is one of the most talked-about blockchain networks right now, so it’s no surprise that yield farmers are also looking at it for new opportunities. Like many other networks that have appeared in recent years, Solana is looking to solve the problems of scalability and slow transaction processing that…

This is an article written by Mercurial’s community member @tiddernips to explain Serum. If you have more questions, you can ask him and our other knowledgeable members, in our discord! What is Serum DEX? The evolution of DeFi has been on an exponential trajectory since the Summer 2020 DeFi boom. One of the latest…

We are delighted to launch Solbridge with Polygon as our first EVM-compatible network. Polygon’s integration to Solbridge is going to set the course for every integration to come, and we are excited to see where this road will lead us. …