person melodyogonna 3 months, 1 week ago BlockchainEng

Getting into Blockchain and deploying a program to Solana mainnet

I've decided to get into blockchain development using Solana network because it seems to be the cheapest and easiest to get started with. So far I've installed the Solana CLI and the Anchor framework. I've also quickly skimmed through Solana's docs and I believe I have the basic fundamental understanding down. Now, what should I build as a learning project?

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After a few days of searching, I believe I may have found the perfect starter project.

Even better, it is a bounty project which means I may stand a chance of winning some money. Always a good ... See post details

3 months ago

Some update:

I've finally gotten my first smart contract to compile and run on Localnet. The smart contract allows users to create a Solana SPL token, but it uses a PDA as a mint authority. This is done to prevent the token creators from minting indiscriminately as the idea I had was to on... See post details

2 months, 1 week ago

Since the last time I posted I've had to pause my learning process because of other engagements (I have to eat in the meantime).

It also turned out I wasn't familiar enough with Rust and Solana to make something worthwhile for the Etherfuse bounty program: The SDK wasn't properly documente... See post details

2 weeks, 4 days ago

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