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Native ZK on Solana: The Architecture of Confidential Transfers

Historically, solving the privacy problem has meant abandoning the Layer-1 execution environment.

Apr 15 • 0xByteBeetle

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March 2026

Engineering Native Yield: A Deep Dive into Solana's Interest-Bearing Mint Extension

In the traditional DeFi stack, engineering a yield-bearing asset has always been a battle against state bloat and compute costs.

Mar 30 • 0xByteBeetle

Transfer Hooks on Solana: Anchor 0.31 & Token-2022

The Solana Token-2022 standard introduces a paradigm shift in how developers manage digital assets.

Mar 18 • 0xByteBeetle

Solana Token-2022 Transfer Hooks and the Fee-on-Transfer Extension

Token-2022 adds extensibility to SPL tokens, but not all extensibility lives at the same layer.

Mar 12 • 0xByteBeetle

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From Convention to Explicit State: Token-2022 and Metadata Pointers on Solana

Token-2022 did not introduce new token features.

Mar 5 • 0xByteBeetle

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January 2026

Where Token Metadata Lives on Solana: From Convention to Explicit Data

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Jan 19 • 0xByteBeetle

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SPL Token Program Architecture: A Technical Overview

The SPL Token program is the foundation of fungible assets on Solana.

Jan 13 • 0xByteBeetle

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December 2025

Understanding Solana – Part 6: Transactions, Messages, and Address Lookup Tables in Practice

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Dec 24, 2025

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Understanding Solana - Part 5: Transaction, Serialization, Signatures, Fees, and Runtime Execution

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Dec 17, 2025 • 0xByteBeetle

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Understanding Solana - Part4: Instructions and Messages

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Dec 6, 2025 • 0xByteBeetle

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November 2025

Understanding Solana - Part 3: Anchor Accounts, Seeds, Bumps, PDAs, and How the Client Really Works

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Nov 18, 2025 • 0xByteBeetle

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Understanding Solana: Account Model - part 2

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Nov 12, 2025 • 0xByteBeetle