Blog · page 8

Bot engineering, in depth.

Page 8 of 26 — how trading bots actually work on Solana, Hyperliquid and Polymarket.

Jun 8, 2026·5 min read

Orca Whirlpool Tick Ranges and How Bots Snipe New Positions

Orca's concentrated liquidity Whirlpool pools create predictable initial tick ranges on launch. This post dissects the pool initialization instruction and shows how bots size entries relative to the initial price range.

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Solana

Jun 8, 2026·5 min read

Address Lookup Tables: Fitting More Into One Solana Transaction

How Solana address lookup tables and versioned transactions compress account references to beat the 1232-byte transaction size limit.

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Comparisons

Jun 8, 2026·5 min read

Helius vs Triton RPC for Solana Bots: Throughput & Uptime Test

Benchmarks Helius and Triton One (formerly GenesysGo) RPC endpoints on WebSocket stability, getTransaction latency, and sustained TPS during network congestion events relevant to high-frequency trading bots. Recommends the right tier for each strategy type.

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Polymarket

Jun 8, 2026·5 min read

How to Challenge a Polymarket Resolution Using UMA Dispute Bonds

Step-by-step guide to submitting a dispute against a Polymarket resolution you believe is incorrect — how to post a UMA bond, provide evidence, and participate in DVM voting to recover funds and earn the bond reward.

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Hyperliquid

Jun 8, 2026·6 min read

Building a Hyperliquid Liquidation Bot on the Clearinghouse

A hyperliquid liquidation bot watches margin ratios over websocket, front-runs forced closes, and captures the spread that would otherwise feed the HLP backstop.

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Infrastructure

Jun 8, 2026·5 min read

Indexing Solana Program Data: Yellowstone vs Substreams vs DIY

A production-focused comparison of Yellowstone geyser plugins, Messari Substreams, and a custom PostgreSQL pipeline for building queryable indexes of on-chain program state — covering throughput ceilings, reorg handling, operational overhead, and when each approach actually earns its complexity.

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Solana

Jun 7, 2026·6 min read

Anchor vs Native Rust: Choosing a Solana Program Framework

Anchor vs native Rust Solana programs: real compute-unit numbers, IDL tradeoffs, and audit surface for bots and dApps that can't waste CU.

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MEV

Jun 7, 2026·4 min read

Is MEV Searching Worth It on Solana? A 2024 Cost-Profit Analysis

Between Jito tips, compute costs, failed transactions, and infrastructure overhead, MEV on Solana is not free money. We break down real cost structures, competitive intensity by strategy type, and what edge a new searcher realistically needs to be profitable.

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Hyperliquid

Jun 7, 2026·6 min read

HyperEVM vs HyperCore: What Bot Devs Need to Know

HyperEVM vs HyperCore for bot devs: where the order book lives, how precompiles and CoreWriter bridge the two, and which layer your strategy belongs on.

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Robinhood Chain

Jun 7, 2026·6 min read

How Robinhood Chain's Arbitrum Stack Works for Developers

A practical look at the Robinhood Chain Arbitrum stack: what 100ms blocks, sequencer fees, and EVM tooling mean for smart contract developers building bots.

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Solana

Jun 6, 2026·6 min read

How Jupiter's Routing Engine Finds the Best Solana Swap Price

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Hyperliquid

Jun 6, 2026·6 min read

Hyperliquid WebSocket vs REST: Low-Latency Data Feeds

Benchmarking the Hyperliquid WebSocket API against REST polling for L2 book and fills, with reconnect and snapshot-sync patterns for low-latency HFT bots.

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Comparisons

Jun 6, 2026·5 min read

In-House Review vs Third-Party Audit: What TON Founders Get

Third-party smart contract audit TON teams need before mainnet: what in-house review catches, what it misses, and when skipping it is safe.

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Risk

Jun 6, 2026·5 min read

How to Prevent Liquidation Risk on a Hyperliquid Perpetuals Bot

Cross-margin accounts on Hyperliquid can cascade liquidations across positions if one leg moves against you. This post details maintenance margin monitoring, auto-deleverage awareness, and hedge triggers that keep your bot solvent.

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Hyperliquid

Jun 6, 2026·4 min read

The Hyperliquid API: Orders, WebSockets and Rate Limits

A practical developer reference covering Hyperliquid's info/exchange endpoints, EIP-712 signing, WebSocket subscriptions, and rate limits for building production trading bots.

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MEV

Jun 5, 2026·7 min read

Atomic Arbitrage Between Drift CLOB and AMMs on Solana

Atomic arb across Drift Protocol's on-chain CLOB and Orca/Raydium AMMs requires composing instructions in a single transaction to avoid leg risk. This tutorial covers the account structure, compute budget tuning, and latency thresholds that determine whether a cross-venue arb is worth chasing.

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Solana

Jun 5, 2026·6 min read

Helius vs Triton vs QuickNode: Best Solana RPC for Bots

Helius vs Triton vs QuickNode compared on webhooks, staked connections, and gRPC for Solana bots where 50ms decides who lands the trade.

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Infrastructure

Jun 5, 2026·5 min read

How Solana Shred Forwarding Affects Transaction Landing Rates

Solana's shred propagation model creates a structural advantage for anyone who knows the upcoming slot leader and routes transactions directly — bypassing general RPC and dramatically improving fill rates. Here is how the mechanics work and what actually moves the needle in production.

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Hyperliquid

Jun 5, 2026·6 min read

Hyperliquid TWAP & Scaled Orders: Building Execution Algos

A senior engineer's guide to Hyperliquid TWAP orders and custom scaled/iceberg execution — cut slippage on large perp entries with native and DIY algos.

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Hyperliquid

Jun 4, 2026·5 min read

Cross vs. Isolated Margin on Hyperliquid Perps: Which to Use

Compares cross-margin and isolated-margin modes on Hyperliquid, showing how each affects liquidation price, capital efficiency, and portfolio-level risk for HFT bots, directional traders, and hedgers.

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Solana

Jun 4, 2026·6 min read

How Light Protocol Compresses Solana State With ZK Proofs

How Light Protocol's ZK compression uses state trees and validity proofs to cut Solana account storage costs by orders of magnitude.

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Hyperliquid

Jun 4, 2026·5 min read

Hyperliquid Market Making: HFT Bot Strategies for Perps

A deep-dive into building market-making bots on Hyperliquid perps, covering spread capture, inventory management, and how to compete against professional MMs on the order book. Includes real config patterns for tick-size quoting and delta hedging.

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Hyperliquid

Jun 4, 2026·6 min read

Is Hyperliquid Market Making Still Profitable in 2026?

Is Hyperliquid market making profitable in 2026? Yes, but thinner. A real spread-capture and inventory-cost breakdown after the fee-tier changes.

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Comparisons

Jun 3, 2026·6 min read

Certora Formal Verification vs Manual Audit: Need Both?

Certora formal verification vs manual audit: what each proves, what each misses, and when high-value contracts need both, not either alone.

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