Solana Proof Of Work

Hi! I'm Williams, a passionate blockchain developer specializing in Solana. This repository showcases my journey in the Solana ecosystem, featuring projects, hackathon submissions, and other contributions.

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Table of Contents

1. Rust
2. Solana
3. Projects

Highlights

• Learned Rust basics, including ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, and more.
• Developed Solana smart contracts using the Anchor framework.
• Built and deployed projects such as SolQuest.
• Participated in hackathons like the RiseIn 2024 Hackathon.

Rust Journey

This section documents my journey in learning Rust, the foundation of my Solana development skills.

Topics Covered

• Variables and Functions
• Ownership and Borrowing
• Structs and Enums
• Traits and Generics
• Lifetimes and Error Handling
• ...and more
• Work done can be found in this repo

Solana Journey

This section documents my journey in learning and interacting with the Solana Blockchain

Learning The Basics

I started exploring Solana by learning how to interact with its blockchain using TypeScript and web3.js. My initial projects, stored in the solana-learn repository, include:

Token Creation:

• Scripts for creating new SPL tokens.
• Setting metadata and initial supply for tokens.

Fund Transfer:

• Simple programs for transferring SOL and SPL tokens between accounts.

Creating and Executing Transactions

...and more

Intermediate Projects

To deepen my understanding of the smart contract creation process, I built small projects using anchor including:

• A Vault
• An Escrow
• ... and more

Turbin 3 Builders Cohort

I also participated in the Turbin 3 Builders Cohort where I further developed my knowledge. The work I did there can be found in this repo

Projects

This section contains some of the Projects I have worked on during my journey

The Menagerie

An all-in-one launchpad designed to connect, educate, and support developers building on Solana. I personally worked on:

• SolQuest:
  • A decentralized bounty platform where users can post and complete bounties for USDC rewards.
• Desearch:
  • A decentralized platform for researchers to publish papers and receive micropayments.

Solucky

A Solana-based lottery DApp designed for fun and interaction:

• Users can wager a set amount of devnet sol and are asked to guess the correct one of three numbers
• Guessing the correct number rewards them with the same amount wagered
• Failure results in losing the wager

TODO: Build an application leveraging the SVM API