When I first started learning Solana, one of the biggest questions I had was: "If there are no...
When I first started learning Solana, one of the biggest questions I had was:
"If there are no usernames or passwords, how does the blockchain know who I am?"
As a Web2 developer, I was used to creating accounts with an email address, choosing a password, and relying on a company to manage my identity.
After spending several days learning Solana, I realized blockchain approaches identity in a completely different way.
Identity in Web2
As a backend developer comfortable with Python, databases, and standard web servers, jumping into...
As a Web2 developer, you already have a comfortable mental model of what an "identity" is. When you...
As web developers, we know exactly how user accounts work. When a user signs up for an application,...
If you are coming from a traditional Web2 background (like building with Node.js, databases, or cloud...
I spent the past month building on Solana. Sent transfers. Decoded raw bytes. Inspected accounts...
A Solana wallet is built around a cryptographic keypair: a private key and a public key. The private...
