A month-long Solana developer retreat held annually in Salt Lake City, Utah, described as Solana's most notorious hacker house. Developers rent shared coworking space and build together for a full month in an intensive, community-run, sponsor-backed environment. mtnDAO fosters deep collaboration and has produced notable projects and lasting professional relationships within the Solana ecosystem.
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A month-long Solana developer retreat held annually in Salt Lake City, Utah, described as Solana's most notorious hacker house. Developers rent shared coworking space and build together for a full month in an intensive, community-run, sponsor-backed environment. mtnDAO fosters deep collaboration and has produced notable projects and lasting professional relationships within the Solana ecosystem.
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mtnDAO (mtndao) Category: Solana Ecosystem Definition: A month-long Solana developer retreat held annually in Salt Lake City, Utah, described as Solana's most notorious hacker house. Developers rent shared coworking space and build together for a full month in an intensive, community-run, sponsor-backed environment. mtnDAO fosters deep collaboration and has produced notable projects and lasting professional relationships within the Solana ecosystem. Related: Hacker House, Colosseum
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Developer-focused co-working and event spaces organized by the Solana Foundation, ecosystem teams, and community groups where builders collaborate on Solana projects in an intensive, in-person setting. Hacker Houses are typically held during crypto conferences or as standalone multi-day events, providing workspace, mentorship, and networking opportunities for Solana developers worldwide.
The organization behind Solana's major hackathons and accelerator programs. Colosseum runs online hackathons attracting thousands of developers building on Solana, with prize pools and follow-on funding for winning projects. Its accelerator provides mentorship, funding, and ecosystem connections to promising teams. Many successful Solana projects originated from Colosseum hackathons.
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A decentralized lending and borrowing protocol on Solana that enables users to supply assets to earn yield or borrow against collateral. marginfi features a risk engine that evaluates asset correlations and concentration risk, isolated lending pools for higher-risk assets, and integration with Solana DeFi composability. It became one of the largest lending protocols on Solana by TVL during 2023-2024.
A governance experimentation project on Solana implementing futarchy, a decision-making model where conditional token markets determine policy outcomes instead of traditional voting. In MetaDAO's system, proposals are evaluated by market participants trading conditional tokens that represent outcomes if the proposal passes or fails. The market price signals which outcome the market expects to create more value.
The first NFT-holder DAO on Solana, created by Solana Monkey Business (SMB) NFT holders. MonkeDAO operates validator nodes generating staking revenue, organizes community events, and makes venture investments on behalf of its members. The DAO demonstrated that NFT communities could evolve beyond collectibles into functioning organizations with real economic activity and governance on Solana.
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Developer-focused co-working and event spaces organized by the Solana Foundation, ecosystem teams, and community groups where builders collaborate on Solana projects in an intensive, in-person setting. Hacker Houses are typically held during crypto conferences or as standalone multi-day events, providing workspace, mentorship, and networking opportunities for Solana developers worldwide.
The organization behind Solana's major hackathons and accelerator programs. Colosseum runs online hackathons attracting thousands of developers building on Solana, with prize pools and follow-on funding for winning projects. Its accelerator provides mentorship, funding, and ecosystem connections to promising teams. Many successful Solana projects originated from Colosseum hackathons.
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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.