Solana projects and protocols
Published articles on projects, protocols, and upgrades, with function and technical background.
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- 8 published pages
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What this topic covers
The directory collects the profiles already published on projects, standards, validator clients, and network upgrades. It is not a token ranking and does not claim to be comprehensive.
- Projects and products in context
- Standards, clients, and network upgrades
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8 articles
Published projects and protocols
The current set of articles, counted and described. No paid placement.
ORE on Solana: Mining, Refining, and Buyback Explained
ORE is Solana's native proof-of-work token with a hard cap of 3 million units. How the 5×5-grid mining works, what refining means, and how the buyback mechanism operates.
All other guides
- 02 Pump.fun Explained: Bonding Curves, Launches and Visible Wallet Structures How Pump.fun works — bonding curve, graduation, PumpSwap. Plus: which wallet structures are visible around launches (clusters, bundler signals, service quarantine) and what to watch for when minting. Intermediate
- 03 DePIN on Solana: Helium, Render, and Hivemapper Overview What DePIN means and which projects shape the Solana DePIN stack. Helium, Render Network, Hivemapper, IO.Net, and Nosana — mechanics, tokens, and status. Intermediate
- 04 Alpenglow: Solana's New Consensus Mechanism Explained Anza replaces TowerBFT and Proof-of-History with Alpenglow. What Votor and Rotor are, how block finality drops from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, and what Constellation contributes as a complementary proposal. Intermediate
- 05 Firedancer and Frankendancer: Solana's Second Validator Client Explained Jump Trading Group is building Firedancer as a fully independent Solana validator client in C. Frankendancer is the hybrid stepping stone. What differentiates the two, what's already on mainnet, and what's coming in 2026. Intermediate
- 06 SIMD-228: Solana's Proposed Market-Based Inflation Explained SIMD-0228 would replace Solana's fixed, time-based token emission with a market mechanism that ties issuance to staking participation. What the proposal suggests, what arguments the authors put forward, and what effects on stakers, DeFi, and inflation are being discussed. Intermediate
- 07 Token-2022: Solana's Stablecoin Standard and Token Extensions Explained What Token-2022 is, how PayPal, Paxos, and Circle build their stablecoins on it, which extensions enable compliance — and where Permanent Delegate and Transfer Hooks became new attack vectors in 2026. Intermediate
- 08 P-Token: Anza's Pinocchio-based SPL Token Rewrite Explained How P-Token replaces the classic SPL Token program: same program ID via feature gate, 95 percent compute savings, three new instructions, Pinocchio instead of the solana-program crate. What devs, wallets, DEXes, and forensic tools need to know. Intermediate
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Is this a complete Solana project directory?
Not yet. The page fully reflects what SOLANA·HUB has already published and grows as new profiles are editorially reviewed.
Is the order a ranking?
No. The order follows the knowledge archive’s editorial sequence and does not rate tokens or investment quality.