Mike Hale
All authorsMike is the Solana Technical Writer at Quicknode, where he creates in-depth guides and sample apps covering the latest Solana tech stack. He draws on 25+ years of software development experience to help developers build reliable apps on Solana.
Recent guides
Learn how to attach onchain notes to your transactions using the Pinocchio-based Solana Memo program and Solana Kit.
Use the Tokens.xyz Assets API to find every onchain variant of a Solana asset, compare liquidity and risk, and time entries with live trade data.
Build a Solana Anchor program with Switchboard Randomness On-Demand to produce verifiable, tamper-proof onchain random numbers via a commit-reveal flow.
Build a live SOL perpetual futures dashboard on Solana using the Phoenix REST and WebSocket API market stats, orderbook, candles, trades, and funding.
Learn how to build a real-time Jupiter Limit Order monitor in Rust using Solana gRPC (Yellowstone-compatible Geyser gRPC) and Vixen's IDL-based parser codegen on Quicknode.
Access Solana RPC with no API key using @quicknode/x402-solana. Pay per request with USDC via the x402 protocol through Quicknode.
Learn how to use Trident to fuzz test Solana Anchor programs, catch missing constraint vulnerabilities, and monitor results with a real-time metrics dashboard.
Build a Solana Kit plugin that fetches priority fee estimates from Quicknode and wires them directly into your transaction pipeline.
