Solana has just launched a state compression function that promises to make it even cheaper to build user-first web3 projects. The Solana ecosystem engineering team announced the new feature, which enables data to be stored directly on-chain, cutting down on storage costs by magnitudes of scale.
State compression is already being used by a number of projects in the Solana ecosystem, including Dialect, a blockchain-based messaging service, and Crossmint, an NFT and API tooling company, to power large, user-friendly experiences. Helium, a user-owned wireless network, and Wordcel, an on-chain publisher, are also using state compression to bring their scalable, user-first experiences to Solana.
The first use of state compression is for compressed NFTs. These are similar to regular NFTs, but drastically cheaper. Minting 100 million compressed NFTs costs only about $50 to store on-chain, compared to $1.2 million for their uncompressed counterpart.
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State compression uses Merkle trees, a compression-friendly data structure that allows developers to store a small bit of data on-chain and update it directly in the Solana ledger. This technology cuts the data storage cost down dramatically while still using the security and decentralization of Solana’s base layer.
Jon Wong, the technical lead on the ecosystem engineering team at the Solana Foundation, said that state compression makes elegant use of a well-known data structure and brings it to bear at the speed of Solana, proving once again that Solana is the best place to build scalable, user-first web3 products.
State compression is a true cross-ecosystem effort, built by developers at Solana Labs and Metaplex, powered by RPC providers and indexers Helius, Triton, and SimpleHash, and with support from Phantom, Solflare, and the Solana Foundation.
The launch of state compression is set to make it even more affordable for developers to create web3 projects on Solana, cementing the platform’s position as the industry leader. With its unparalleled speed, minimal environmental impact, composability, and low gas fees, Solana is the go-to platform for anyone looking to build user-first web3 experiences at scale.
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