Vote, Donate, Mint, Swap, Pay — use Solana, everywhere.
Meet blinks (blockchain links) – a new primitive that transforms onchain actions into shareable links.
Anywhere you can share a link on the internet, you can initiate Solana actions (even on X!).
Blinks bring Solana Actions to any website or app.
Solana Actions are APIs that return Solana transactions, making it simple to sign & send using:
→ Native app & mobile buttons
→ Scannable QR codes
→ Sharable blinks
Massive thanks to @saydialect for playing a key role in developing this new spec and powering Actions for Phantom, Backpack, Jupiter, Tensor, Sanctum, Meteora & others.
1/ Recently, stablecoins issued on the Solana network surpassed $3B USD — and congrats to @Circle passing the $2B issuance mark for USDC on Solana!🔥
Stablecoins are a killer use-case for Solana and it still has lots of room to grow👇🧵
2/ Data from @Artemis_xyz as of Apr. 4th, 2024 shows that stablecoin issuance and transfers on the Solana network have continued to rise over the past three months, with over 3.1 billion issued and millions of daily transfers.
Stablecoins are just getting started on Solana 💪
3/ Stablecoins on Solana include @Circle USDC, @Tether_to USDT, @Paxos USDP, and a number of global currencies such as the GYEN from @GMOTrust, recently launched using token extensions.
The network is strong heading into 2024, with recent reports highlighting the 2500+ developer community, 40.7 million daily user transactions, & mature tooling.
2/Builders can win the Grand Prize & speciality prizes:
📲 Mobile Apps by @MagicEden
🪙 Finance/Payments by @helio_pay
🤖 AI by @UXDProtocol
🛜 DePIN by @ionet_official
🛠 Crypto Infra by @IronforgeCloud
🎮 Gaming by @Phantom
🤝 DAOs/Network States by @Balajis & @thenetworkstate
3/ Hyperdrive is an engineering & business competition where teams go from idea to fully-fledged project in 5 weeks.
Today, Solana Pay integrates with @Shopify, empowering the millions of entrepreneurs and merchants on Shopify to accept fast, web3 native payments with no transaction fees through the end of 2023.
2/ Solana Pay, a decentralized, open-source, peer-to-peer payments protocol built on Solana by Solana Labs, is now available to millions of businesses as an approved app integration with Shopify, the leading global ecommerce company. solana.com/news/solana-pa…
3/ Payments should be accessible, fast, and frictionless: With no intermediary, Solana Pay eliminates bank fees, chargebacks, and holding times while enabling immediate, direct payment settlement of USD stablecoins compatible with Solana.
1/ 🎉Introducing Solang: Building on Solana with Solidity
Today, @solanalabs announces Solang, a compiler enabling developers to write smart contracts on Solana in Solidity, the primary programming language of Ethereum.
2/ What is Solang? Solang is a Solidity compiler that allows you to write Solana programs using the Solidity programming language.
If you’re an EVM developer, you could leverage your existing knowledge of Solidity to start building on Solana.
3/ The Solang compiler offers features like:
🤝 Compatibility w/ Ethereum Solidity 0.8
🪙 Support for SPL tokens
💻 Support for program derived addresses
📜 Ability to call & build Solana smart contracts
⚓ Development w/ Anchor