The Solana chain is a Layer 1 blockchain designed for high-performance, scalability, and low-cost transactions, utilizing a unique Proof of History (PoH) consensus mechanism combined with Proof of Stake (PoS) to achieve fast transaction processing speeds (up to 65,000 transactions per second), low latency, and minimal transaction fees, making it an ideal platform for decentralized applications (dApps), decentralized finance (DeFi) services, and other blockchain-based use cases that require rapid, secure, and scalable solutions.
To connect with Solana chain, install the Phantom extension and create a wallet. Remember, securely store your private key!
Phantom wallet is the recommended wallet to use for Solana, however, SolFlare and MagicEden wallet are very popular choices as well!
Other wallets
Bots/Snipers 
- Photon for Solana - fastest charts (!) + trading terminal
- GMGN
- Trojan on Solana
- Maestro
- BananaGun for Solana
- Bonk Bot
- Sol Trading Bot
- MevX
- BullX
- Consortium Key
- Magnum Trade Bot
- PepeBoost
[!tip] Use the Solana Incinerator to close old token accounts and get some SOL back!
Bridges
- deBridge - TIP
- ChangeNow
- RocketX - slower, but cheap
- FixedFloat
- AllBridge
- Portalbridge (known as Wormhole)
- More: Tools to do fast privacy-friendly (multi-chain) swaps
Funding from exchange
You can fund your wallet by withdrawing Solana ($SOL) from Binance or any other CEX.
Solana DEX’s
- Jupiter - best aggregator
- Raydium Swap
- Pump Fun - with better filters
- Orca
- Step Finance (you can unwrap SOL here)
