Blog · page 15

Bot engineering, in depth.

Page 15 of 25 — how trading bots actually work on Solana, Hyperliquid and Polymarket.

Apr 9, 2026·6 min read

Jetton and NFT Standard Pitfalls That Fail a TON Audit

A jetton contract audit keeps flagging the same TEP-74/TEP-62 mistakes: bounce handling, gas forwarding, and minter access control gone wrong.

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Strategies

Apr 9, 2026·6 min read

Hiring a Solana Bot Developer vs Off-the-Shelf Bots: Real Costs

Real numbers on hiring a Solana bot developer vs subscription bots: license fees, dev rates, RPC costs, and edge decay compared.

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Comparisons

Apr 8, 2026·6 min read

Trojan & Maestro vs a Custom Solana Bot: Real Cost

Trojan vs Maestro vs custom Solana bot: real numbers on 1% fees, shared infra, and the monthly trade volume where building your own finally beats renting.

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Hyperliquid

Apr 8, 2026·5 min read

Cross Margin vs Isolated Margin on Hyperliquid Perps: When to Use Each

Cross margin pools collateral across all open positions on Hyperliquid, which boosts capital efficiency but lets one bad trade drain your whole account — isolated margin caps loss per position but ties up more USDC. We model six portfolio scenarios to show which mode minimizes liquidation probability for multi-leg strategies.

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Hyperliquid

Apr 8, 2026·4 min read

Hyperliquid Perps vs. Drift Protocol: Which DEX Perp is Better for Bots

Head-to-head comparison of Hyperliquid and Drift Protocol for algorithmic trading — evaluating liquidity depth, API quality, fee structures, and slippage to help bot developers and funds choose the right venue.

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Strategies

Apr 7, 2026·6 min read

Anchor vs Native Solana Programs: Which Framework Audits Better

Anchor vs native Solana programs: how each framework shrinks or expands the attack surface an audit has to cover, with a clear pick-by-use-case verdict.

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Comparisons

Apr 7, 2026·7 min read

bloXroute vs Jito: Solana MEV Bundle Landing Compared

bloXroute vs Jito Solana: how BDN relay, Trader API, bundles, and ShredStream compare on tip economics, inclusion rate, and searcher revenue share.

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Guides

Apr 7, 2026·4 min read

How Crypto Arbitrage Bots Work: A Plain-English Guide

A plain-English breakdown of how arbitrage bots detect price gaps, race to fill them, and manage risk — covering latency, execution, and the real mechanics behind profitable strategies.

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Guides

Apr 6, 2026·6 min read

Jito vs Flashbots: MEV Auctions on Solana vs Ethereum

Jito vs Flashbots: how bundle auctions, tip markets, and inclusion guarantees differ between Solana and Ethereum, and what porting MEV strategy actually takes.

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Comparisons

Apr 6, 2026·6 min read

Anchor vs Pinocchio: Compute Units for HFT Programs

Anchor vs Pinocchio on Solana: measured compute-unit and instruction-size differences for HFT settlement programs, plus a real migration cost estimate.

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Robinhood Chain

Apr 6, 2026·7 min read

Is Stock-Token Arbitrage Actually Profitable? Early Data & Risks

Drafted the requested TierZero blog article on stock-token arbitrage profitability (950-1300 words, JSON with excerpt/tags/cover/content) — no repo files needed editing since services/blog are DB-backed dynamic routes.

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Strategies

Apr 6, 2026·6 min read

TON Smart Contract Audits: Jetton, NFT & FunC/Tact Pitfalls

A TON smart contract audit checklist: FunC vs Tact pitfalls, jetton/NFT standard gaps, and bounced-message handling on the async TVM.

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Solana

Apr 6, 2026·5 min read

Detecting New Raydium CPMM Pools in Real Time for Sniping

Step-by-step guide to parsing Raydium CPMM program logs on Solana to detect new pool initialization events before on-chain aggregators surface them, enabling sub-slot entry on new token launches.

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Comparisons

Apr 5, 2026·7 min read

Jupiter vs 1inch: Cross-Chain Routing for Arb Bots

Building a jupiter vs 1inch arbitrage bot? Compare Metis and Pathfinder routing on quote latency, slippage, gasless Fusion fills, and API rate limits.

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Guides

Apr 5, 2026·6 min read

Yellowstone gRPC vs Standard Solana RPC for Bot Latency

Yellowstone gRPC vs Solana RPC compared for bot latency: Geyser streaming cuts detection time from 500ms+ to under 150ms.

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Comparisons

Apr 5, 2026·5 min read

Polymarket vs Hyperliquid: Which Venue Fits Your Market-Making Bot?

Prediction market liquidity on Polymarket and perpetuals on Hyperliquid both attract algorithmic traders, but fee structures, API rate limits, and settlement mechanics differ sharply. Here is how to choose.

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Solana

Apr 4, 2026·5 min read

Jito Tip Optimization: How Much to Bid for MEV Bundles on Solana

Over-tipping kills P&L; under-tipping means missed slots. We analyze on-chain tip distribution data and present a dynamic tip-sizing model that maximizes net profit across different MEV opportunity sizes.

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Comparisons

Apr 4, 2026·6 min read

GMX vs Hyperliquid: Which Perp DEX for Trading Bots?

GMX vs Hyperliquid trading bot: oracle-priced GM pools vs an on-chain CLOB. Fees, slippage, API surface, and market-making viability, compared by a bot builder.

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Smart Contracts

Apr 4, 2026·5 min read

Upgradeable Solana Programs: BPF Loader Risks and Patterns

Anchor's upgradeable BPF loader lets you ship hotfixes without migrating accounts, but the upgrade authority is a single point of compromise. Learn how to use multisig upgrade authority, time-locks, and governance gates to keep live trading programs safe.

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Guides

Apr 4, 2026·5 min read

Anchor vs Native Rust: Which Is Safer to Audit on Solana

Anchor vs native Rust on Solana: how attack surface, constraint gaps, and audit checklists differ, plus a clear verdict on which to build with.

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Smart Contracts

Apr 3, 2026·5 min read

Hyperliquid On-Chain Settlement: Contract Architecture Deep-Dive

Hyperliquid's L1 moves settlement logic into custom contracts rather than off-chain matchbooks. This article maps the settlement flow, explains how liquidation vaults are funded, and shows what bots must watch for when closing positions programmatically.

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Strategies

Apr 3, 2026·6 min read

How to Choose a Smart Contract Auditor: A Founder's Checklist

A founder's checklist for how to choose a smart contract auditor: tooling, report quality, remediation checks, and red flags across TON, Solana, EVM.

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Comparisons

Apr 3, 2026·7 min read

Flashbots MEV-Share vs Jito: OFA for EVM vs Solana

Flashbots MEV-Share vs Jito compared: how EVM hint-based OFA and Solana bundle auctions change backrunning bot economics, refunds, tips, and latency.

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Guides

Apr 3, 2026·6 min read

Firedancer Explained: What It Means for Bot Developers

Firedancer solana client rebuilds the validator from scratch for throughput. Here's what its tile pipeline and multi-client push mean for bot latency.

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