TLDR;
Solana Radar will run Sep 2 -Oct 8, but you can start building now
$60M deployable funds + lots of potential investors aside from the organizers and judges - basically you’ll have the whole world looking at your projects
Register: https://colosseum.org/radar
And the tracks that we know so far and where to learn them (have a read below)
The tracks that we know so far
You can build projects that utilizes one or more of these technology stack. For existing ones, you can integrate these as well.
What are Blinks and Actions
Blinks (Blockchain Links) enables a new type of experience for everyone. It enables you to experience Web3 without leaving your non-Web3 apps such as Twitter/X and other social media, messaging platforms (for now).
Say you want to buy a token, one just can paste a link on X and the link will render a UI that includes a button that will trigger a blockchain action. How cool is that?
Where to learn about Blinks
What is ZK Compression
Solana is fast and cheap, but what if it can be cheaper. Between compute and storage - storage somehow tends to become a bit expensive especially when dealing with hundreds of thousands to millions of accounts being made in Solana. But, ZK Compression solves that! Now the cheapest blockchain becomes even more cheaper!
Where to learn ZK Compression in Solana
What are Token Extensions
These are basically additional features in the existing Token Program that introduces more use-cases and functionality around your Solana Tokens. Say for example you want to get a “transfer fee” on the token that you created every time a user transfers it. Or maybe run an audit program whenever that happens. All of these and more are now possible via Token Extensions.
Where to learn Token Extensions
There you go! Hope this gets you started with all these new innovations on the Solana Blockchain. I think there will be more tracks so make sure you subscribe to this substack for the next one. Cheers!