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LEVEL 03 · Expert

Solana Architect

Reason about authorization, adversarial inputs, privacy, and reliable operations.

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Three numbered learning tracks move from safe network use, through program building and testing, to security review and production operations.
Follow each level in order. Solana’s core concepts map ↗ explains how accounts and programs lead into instructions, transactions, PDAs, and cross-program calls.

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This free pack contains the lesson explanations, diagrams, guided practice, self-checks, references, and the optional local lab files listed in each lesson. It contains no scored checkpoints, level-exam questions, answers, or completion records. Those are available online through a free learner account; reading never requires an account or a wallet.

Source pages need an internet connection to open. Some included Devnet exercises also need a connection when you choose to run them. Never enter a recovery phrase or private key into a lesson or lab.

Your 7-lesson learning path

  1. 01

    1. Threat-model a Solana protocol

    Map protocol assets, account trust boundaries, attacker capabilities, and observable security evidence.

  2. 02

    2. Authority, signatures, and replay resistance

    Design a Solana instruction authorization that binds the intended action and cannot be replayed.

  3. 03

    3. Transaction reliability and recovery

    Reconcile Solana transactions across confirmation, expiration, retries, and interrupted clients.

  4. 04

    4. Public data, privacy, and token design

    Assess what Solana programs and token extensions reveal, authorize, and make durable.

  5. 05

    5. State compression and Bubblegum V2

    Explain Merkle commitments, DAS evidence, proof freshness, V2 compatibility, and the separate issuer checks required for compressed credentials.

  6. 06

    6. Production operations and incident response

    Plan a verifiable Solana release with controlled authorities, monitored dependencies, and recovery evidence.

  7. 07

    7. Expert capstone: design a Solana application

    Produce a reviewable Solana application architecture, implementation plan, tests, and evidence-based risk report.

AFTER THIS CORE PATH

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