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Ryan Orban

Ryan Orban

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Solana

Bookmarks

  1. Jito MEV Dashboard

    Jito's public MEV dashboard tracking Maximal Extractable Value on Solana — validator tips, arbitrage volumes, and extraction rates. One of the first transparent MEV tracking tools for Solana, predating Jito's later block engine infrastructure.

  2. The Garden of Magic Eden

    Variant Fund's deep-dive into how Magic Eden became the dominant NFT marketplace on Solana through transparency, community focus, and creator tools. A case study in marketplace dynamics and web3 community building at the 2022 peak.

  3. Sec3 Pro Auto Auditor: Automated Solana Security

    Sec3 (formerly Soteria) launches their automated smart contract auditor for Solana programs — static analysis for Anchor/native Rust programs targeting common vulnerability classes. One of the first automated security tools built specifically for the Solana/Rust ecosystem.

  4. Formfunction: 1/1 NFT Marketplace on Solana

    Formfunction is a 1/1 NFT marketplace on Solana focused on individual digital artists — not bulk 10k PFP collections. Emphasized low environmental impact and direct artist-to-collector relationships. An early attempt at building an artist-first NFT market on Solana.

  5. Solana Workbench: Developer Tool for Solana

    Solana Workbench is a GUI developer tool for Solana smart contract development — manage local validators, deploy programs, inspect account state, and run transactions without the CLI. A Remix-style IDE for the Solana ecosystem.

  6. A3MC: Independent Blockchain Research Lab and Validator

    A3MC (art3mis.cloud) is an independent blockchain research lab and validator operation — running Solana validators at 7.5% APY with 99.99% uptime, plus participation in Avalanche, The Graph, MultiversX, and Mina Protocol. Enterprise-grade validator infrastructure from a decentralized team.

  7. Layer-1 Platforms: A Framework for Comparison

    The Block Research's comparative framework for seven Layer-1 blockchains — Algorand, Avalanche, Binance Smart Chain, Cosmos, Ethereum 2.0, Polkadot, and Solana. A structured way to think about what actually differentiates L1 architectures, commissioned by Algorand in 2021.

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