Light Protocol

Today, we're introducing the Light token program, a high-performance token standard for rent-free DeFi on @solana. It reduces the cost of allocating onchain accounts by 200x while being more CU efficient than SPL-token on hot paths.

Human verification needs to scale to billions of users. That’s why we’re partnering with @LightProtocol. Using ZK Compression, VeryAI records verification events on @solana with compressed accounts that are ~5,000× cheaper than standard accounts. The result: verifiable onchain proofs without exposing user data. Proof of Reality for the new internet.

- same performance on hot paths - same ux - integration takes minutes - rent free rent on solana is solved. more to come

Same Solana account Except the right one is rent-free

proud of the engineering work behind the new rent free token program it’s like SPL token, but you don’t have to pay rent exemption to allocate accounts. the token program pays it for you! how? the token program separates hot and cold paths under the hood Say you have a market USDC-BONK the market is being traded, it’s a highly CU optimized onchain account. Just like SPL and p-token. That’s the hot path. when the market is inactive, it slowly gets colder, and eventually gets compressed. the state is preserved rent-free using zkcompression. that’s the cold path. all this is done under the hood! programs interact with hot path only. if a txn uses a cold account, it gets auto loaded into hot state in-flight. and importantly — the unified tokenInterface API lets traders, programs, and clients add support fast. Like adding a third token program to SPL and token22. hot/cold usage patterns are already what what happens across markets and token APIs in Solana DeFi. the Light token program now applies this to the account storage side to allow sustainable removal of the rent exemption cost. it’s the first-order correct design for a token program for DeFi and payments that both IBRL‘s **and** solves state growth for @solana. tldr: rent free defi, launchpads and AMMs are possible on Solana now!

Stop paying rent We teamed up with @LightProtocol to bring a new way to interact with compressed accounts like normal Solana accounts The cost savings of compression with the devEX of Solana 🧵👇

BREAKING: @LightProtocol announces Light Token, a new token standard on Solana that's 200x cheaper than SPL and fully DeFi-compatible ⚡️

The light token program is live for developers on Devnet today with Mainnet coming soon. Learn more at: zkcompression.com

The program achieves this by sponsoring Solana‘s rent-exemption cost to allocate hot accounts and compressing inactive (cold) accounts. Our interface SDKs make it easy to load cold accounts without trading off UX.

Today, we're introducing the Light token program, a high-performance token standard for rent-free DeFi on @solana. It reduces the cost of allocating onchain accounts by 200x while being more CU efficient than SPL-token on hot paths.

biggest product announcement in the history of @lightprotocol yet next week

what if you had 200x lower rent on solana without the UX and performance tradeoffs previously associated with compression i’ll be at @solanaconf to present our latest work see ya there!

Built a zk ID example with compressed accounts. - private onchain id verification with Groth16 zk proofs - compressed pdas to nullify id verification for an event - no custom indexer required, Rpcs already index compressed accounts in state trees link below

PSA for Solana Cypherpunk builders. I'm doing a ZK Compression workshop with @MikePawel and @SuperteamDE this friday, 2 PM (WEST) you'll learn > how to use rent-free accounts > how zk compression works > live demo & q&a luma link below

sign up: zkcompression.com/event-1000x-ha…

ZK Compression sidetracks for the @solana cypherpunk hackathon are now open 1. use rent-free tokens or PDAs 2. submit to Superteam Germany or Portugal 3. win sign up below

Check it out here: zkcompression.com

Building with rent-free accounts on Solana just got a lot easier we upgraded the zk compression developer docs 10+ new guides, error cheat sheet, AI search, and more link below enjoy!

Full list of ideas: github.com/Lightprotocol/…

Solana's biggest startup competition @colosseum starts next week for teams looking to reduce their onchain cost: ZK Compression lets you build apps with rent-free tokens and accounts. here are project ideas to get you started

PSA creating rent-free PDAs on @solana is easier than ever now thanks to zk compression quickstart examples for anchor, native and pinocchio below.