1/ ICYMI: Yesterday there were some pretty amazing Solana developer threads to read through:
- Think Like an Attacker
- Anchor Crash Course
- Why you should build your app using Anchor
- Review of Metaplex Auction House Contract
- Down the rabbit hole on $RNDR
I can’t stress enough how great this video is. Even after building the Counter app myself from the docs online, there was so much great context from Armani on the benefits of Anchor & how it can 10x your development.
4/ Why You Should Build Your DeFi dApp Using Anchor
@Henry_E__ live codes an example using Anchor and shows the power of PDA’s. Some really great tips tucked into the end of the video that will make your life easier while developing on Solana:
- Dont use Vecs or Strings: design around using fixed size arrays
- Avoid Optional Accounts
- Wrap Sol as an SPL Token: By treating SOL as an SPL Token you can use built in SPL Token program functions and dont need separate logic just for Sol
6/ Review of Metaplex Auction House Contract by @armaniferrante
Great thread from Armani on how the Metaplex auction contract works. I learned about a new concept that I’m digging deeper into regarding delegate transfers of NFT’s.
@ArbVision breaks down some great thoughts around the @RenderToken and why their approach to decentralized rendering is more cost effective and scalable that a centralized option.