Blog · page 6

Bot engineering, in depth.

Page 6 of 26 — how trading bots actually work on Solana, Hyperliquid and Polymarket.

Comparisons
Jun 25, 2026·5 min read

FunC Development vs Tact: Which TON Smart Contract Language to Use

A practical FunC vs Tact comparison for TON development: safety, gas, tooling, audits, maintenance and which language fits a production contract.

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Polymarket
Jun 25, 2026·1 min read

Polymarket Arbitrage: Where the Edge Actually Is

Prediction markets misprice constantly. Here's where the real arbitrage lives on Polymarket — complementary outcomes, cross-market relationships and resolution mechanics.

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Solana
Jun 24, 2026·6 min read

Phoenix DEX Maker Rebates: Building a Market-Making Bot on Solana

Build a Phoenix Solana market making bot: crankless on-chain order book mechanics, maker rebate economics, quote freshness, and the latency that decides P&L.

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Comparisons
Jun 24, 2026·6 min read

Geyser Plugins vs Yellowstone gRPC vs Polling for Solana Data

Solana Geyser vs gRPC data feed compared: latency, cost, and ops complexity of Geyser plugins, Yellowstone gRPC, and RPC polling for trading bots.

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Robinhood Chain
Jun 24, 2026·6 min read

Robinhood Earn: Lending USDG at ~7% APY, Bot Strategies

How Robinhood Earn's ~7% USDG lending yield works on Robinhood Chain, and how bots can manage the position without babysitting it.

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Solana
Jun 24, 2026·1 min read

MEV on Solana, Explained for Traders

What MEV means on Solana, how it differs from Ethereum, and why block engines like Jito change how snipers and arbitrage bots get included.

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Solana
Jun 23, 2026·6 min read

Durable Nonces on Solana: Pre-Signing Bot Txns That Never Expire

A Solana durable nonce trading bot can pre-sign transactions that outlive the 150-block blockhash window, enabling reliable scheduled and failover execution.

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Comparisons
Jun 23, 2026·7 min read

Hyperliquid vs GMX v2: Perp DEX Architecture Compared

Hyperliquid vs GMX v2: how a fully onchain order book compares to GMX's oracle-priced pooled liquidity for perps — architecture, execution, and risk.

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Smart Contracts
Jun 23, 2026·6 min read

EVM Smart Contract Audit Checklist: Foundry to Certora

An EVM smart contract audit checklist covering Foundry fuzzing, Slither static analysis, and Certora formal verification for critical invariants.

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Solana
Jun 22, 2026·6 min read

Drift Protocol Funding Rate Arbitrage: A Solana Perp Bot Guide

Build a Drift funding rate arbitrage bot on Solana: DLOB vs vAMM funding mechanics, hourly settlement math, delta-neutral hedging, and the gotchas that eat your edge.

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Comparisons
Jun 22, 2026·5 min read

Solana MEV Searchers vs Ethereum Flashbots Searchers

Solana MEV vs Ethereum MEV: how Jito's auction-based bundles compare to Flashbots' PBS relay model, and what each means for searcher bot design.

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Solana
Jun 21, 2026·6 min read

Kamino and Marginfi Liquidation Bots on Solana: How They Work

A Solana liquidation bot for Kamino and Marginfi: how to monitor health factors, race other bots to underwater positions, and land the transaction first.

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Comparisons
Jun 21, 2026·6 min read

Meteora DLMM vs Orca Whirlpools: Which Solana AMM Wins

Meteora DLMM vs Orca Whirlpools compared for LP bots: bin-step pricing vs tick math, rebalance cost, fee capture, and which AMM wins for automation.

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Smart Contracts
Jun 20, 2026·5 min read

Independent Auditor vs In-House Review: What's Enough?

Independent smart contract auditor vs in-house review: what investors and exchanges require, real cost/turnaround tradeoffs, and when in-house is enough.

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Solana
Jun 20, 2026·6 min read

Sanctum and LST Arbitrage: Trading Solana Liquid Staking Tokens

Build a Solana LST arbitrage bot around Sanctum: capture jitoSOL, mSOL and INF peg deviations against SOL via Infinity pool routes and unstake tickets.

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Robinhood Chain
Jun 20, 2026·6 min read

Sniping New Stock-Token Listings on Robinhood Chain

How permissionless deployment on Robinhood Chain lets bots snipe new stock-token listings first, and the RPC, event-watching, and safety-check infra required.

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Comparisons
Jun 20, 2026·6 min read

Hiring a Solana Auditor vs Static Analysis Tools: Worth It?

Static analyzers like Soteria and X-Ray catch known Solana bug patterns in minutes; deciding whether to hire a Solana smart contract auditor is about what they can't see.

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Solana
Jun 19, 2026·6 min read

Firedancer's Impact on Solana Bots: What Changes for Searchers

How Firedancer and Frankendancer change TPU ingestion, scheduling, and latency for Solana trading bots — and what searchers must retune to keep landing.

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Comparisons
Jun 19, 2026·7 min read

TON's Async Architecture vs EVM's Synchronous Execution

TON async vs EVM synchronous execution: how actor-model message passing across shards forces different bot design than atomic EVM calls.

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Solana
Jun 18, 2026·6 min read

Helius Priority Fee API: Estimating Solana Fees That Actually Land

Using the Helius priority fee estimate API for Solana: how percentile modeling, recommended levels, and account-scoped sampling produce fees that actually land.

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Comparisons
Jun 17, 2026·6 min read

Polymarket's Order Book vs On-Chain AMM Prediction Markets

Polymarket CLOB vs AMM prediction markets compared: why off-chain order matching beats Gnosis-style LMSR curves on liquidity, slippage, gas, and resolution.

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Smart Contracts
Jun 17, 2026·6 min read

What a Smart Contract Audit Certificate Actually Proves

What a smart contract audit certificate really covers: commit hash, scope, and findings — and what "audited" can't guarantee.

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Polymarket
Jun 17, 2026·5 min read

Build a Polymarket Market-Making Bot in Python (2025)

End-to-end tutorial for building an automated market maker on Polymarket using the CLOB API: quoting both sides of a binary market, managing inventory, adjusting spreads on news events, and tracking P&L in USDC.

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Solana
Jun 17, 2026·5 min read

Simulating Jito Bundles Before Submission: simulateBundle Deep Dive

Use Jito simulateBundle on Solana to validate atomic MEV bundles, catch reverts, and confirm tip logic before you ever pay a validator tip.

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