A Solana payment gateway used by e-commerce platforms, creators, and businesses for accepting crypto payments. Helio offers a Shopify plugin, pay links, subscription billing, and NFT-gated payment flows. The platform simplifies merchant onboarding to Solana payments with embeddable checkout widgets and supports multiple tokens including SOL, USDC, and other SPL tokens.
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A Solana payment gateway used by e-commerce platforms, creators, and businesses for accepting crypto payments. Helio offers a Shopify plugin, pay links, subscription billing, and NFT-gated payment flows. The platform simplifies merchant onboarding to Solana payments with embeddable checkout widgets and supports multiple tokens including SOL, USDC, and other SPL tokens.
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Helio (helio-pay) Category: Solana Ecosystem Definition: A Solana payment gateway used by e-commerce platforms, creators, and businesses for accepting crypto payments. Helio offers a Shopify plugin, pay links, subscription billing, and NFT-gated payment flows. The platform simplifies merchant onboarding to Solana payments with embeddable checkout widgets and supports multiple tokens including SOL, USDC, and other SPL tokens. Related: Solana Pay, SOL, SPL Token Program
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An open payment standard and SDK that defines URI schemes and protocol flows for requesting SOL or SPL token transfers and for constructing and returning partially-built transactions from merchant backends to user wallets. It comprises two sub-protocols — Transfer Requests (simple static payment URIs) and Transaction Requests (dynamic server-signed transaction fetching) — and enables point-of-sale payments, loyalty programs, and interactive commerce experiences using QR codes or deeplinks.
The native token of the Solana blockchain, used for paying transaction fees, staking, and rent. 1 SOL equals 1 billion lamports. SOL has an inflationary supply schedule starting at 8% annually, decreasing by 15% per year, with a long-term floor of 1.5%. Transaction base fees (5,000 lamports) are partially burned.
The original Solana Program Library token program (TokenkegQfeZyiNwAJbNbGKPFXCWuBvf9Ss623VQ5DA) that implements fungible and non-fungible token operations. It manages mints (token definitions) and token accounts (balances). Core instructions include InitializeMint, MintTo, Transfer, Burn, Approve (delegation), and Revoke. All SPL tokens on mainnet before Token-2022 use this program.
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A cross-chain DEX aggregator offering zero-slippage RFQ (Request for Quote) based trading across Solana and EVM chains. Hashflow uses professional market makers to provide guaranteed quotes rather than AMM-based pricing, eliminating slippage and MEV exposure for traders. The protocol enables cross-chain swaps without requiring traditional bridge transfers through its market maker network.
An automated DeFi strategy vault on Solana that manages concentrated liquidity positions across Orca, Raydium, and Meteora pools with auto-rebalancing. Hawksight optimizes LP positions by dynamically adjusting price ranges based on market conditions, compounding fees, and rebalancing when prices move outside the active range, reducing the active management burden for liquidity providers.
A decentralized wireless infrastructure network that migrated from its own L1 blockchain to Solana in April 2023 for improved scalability and composability. Helium incentivizes individuals to deploy hotspots providing LoRaWAN (IoT) and 5G cellular coverage, earning HNT, MOBILE, and IOT tokens. With over 900,000 hotspots deployed globally, Helium is one of the largest DePIN projects on Solana.
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An open payment standard and SDK that defines URI schemes and protocol flows for requesting SOL or SPL token transfers and for constructing and returning partially-built transactions from merchant backends to user wallets. It comprises two sub-protocols — Transfer Requests (simple static payment URIs) and Transaction Requests (dynamic server-signed transaction fetching) — and enables point-of-sale payments, loyalty programs, and interactive commerce experiences using QR codes or deeplinks.
The native token of the Solana blockchain, used for paying transaction fees, staking, and rent. 1 SOL equals 1 billion lamports. SOL has an inflationary supply schedule starting at 8% annually, decreasing by 15% per year, with a long-term floor of 1.5%. Transaction base fees (5,000 lamports) are partially burned.
The original Solana Program Library token program (TokenkegQfeZyiNwAJbNbGKPFXCWuBvf9Ss623VQ5DA) that implements fungible and non-fungible token operations. It manages mints (token definitions) and token accounts (balances). Core instructions include InitializeMint, MintTo, Transfer, Burn, Approve (delegation), and Revoke. All SPL tokens on mainnet before Token-2022 use this program.
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The most popular Solana wallet, available as a browser extension and mobile app with multi-chain support (Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, Bitcoin). Phantom provides token swaps, NFT management, staking, and a built-in dApp browser. Known for its clean UX and rapid feature adoption, it has become the default entry point for most Solana users and consistently ranks among the top crypto wallets by active users.
A Solana-native wallet offering browser extension, mobile, and web interfaces with deep staking integration, hardware wallet support (Ledger), and a built-in dApp browser. Solflare was one of the first Solana wallets and provides advanced features like stake account management, token metadata display, and priority fee controls. It supports the Solana Wallet Standard for seamless dApp connectivity.
A multi-chain wallet developed by Coral (the team behind xNFT protocol) that combines MPC and self-custody models. Backpack pioneered executable NFTs (xNFTs) that embed full applications inside NFTs, enabling a decentralized app store experience within the wallet. It supports Solana, Ethereum, and other chains with a focus on developer extensibility and programmable wallet experiences.
A regulated cryptocurrency exchange built by the same team behind Backpack Wallet (Coral). Licensed in multiple jurisdictions, it offers spot and perpetual futures trading with a focus on the Solana ecosystem. Backpack Exchange integrates tightly with the Backpack Wallet for seamless fund transfers and aims to bridge the gap between centralized exchange liquidity and self-custodial wallet experiences.