Ecosystem Deep Dives

Long reads into the parts that matter.

Each deep dive takes one program, validator component, or protocol and follows it through the source, with the program IDs and commit hashes written beside the claims.

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A terminal showing a Solana stake account inspection

Stake accounts

How a stake account is created, delegated, and redeemed — read against the stake program at a named commit.

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Token-2022

The extension model behind the new SPL token standard, and which extensions ship in the reference build.

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A validator vote transaction log on a dark screen

Vote programs

What a vote account signs, how the vote program records it, and why the leader schedule depends on it.

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