Rust Solana Development

Solana is a high-throughput blockchain (65K+ transactions per second, 400ms block times) focused on speed and scalability. Smart contracts on Solana are written in Rust and compiled to BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) bytecode that runs in the Solana runtime. Anchor is a framework that simplifies on-chain program development by providing macros for account validation, data serialization, and common security patterns. Solana programs manage state through accounts (similar to storage in Ethereum) and expose entrypoints (functions) that users invoke via transactions. Solana dominates DeFi (DEXs like Orca, Raydium), trading (Magic Eden NFT marketplace, Jupiter router), and high-frequency applications where throughput matters.