Easwar Harikaran

building fast backends on solana | shipping @goldenflop_skr | open for freelance

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

Retro poker meets real stakes

@goldenflop_skr is bringing fast, on-chain poker to Solana.

No middlemen.
Just skill, luck, and the flop.
#Solana #Web3 #Poker

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

@imranahmedtech Much love bhai

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

detachment isn't quitting. It's shipping anyway when you don't know if it'll work. learning from it either way. that's the only outcome that matters.

#BuildInPublic #Mindset #IndieHacker

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

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[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

https://t.co/9jAWycnaPf

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

fully on-chain poker is possible. mental poker protocol, ZK proofs, VRF for randomness. we'll get there. but right now, this hybrid ships a game players can actually use. build for what works today. upgrade for what's possible tomorrow.
#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

so GoldenFlop runs like this:
→ game logic lives on the server (Socket io)
→ instant, free, real-time
→ Solana only handles stakes in and winnings out
→ trustless where it matters. fast where it has to be.

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

https://t.co/LJbU3u5wTI

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

so GoldenFlop runs like this:
→ game logic lives on the server (Socket io)
→ instant, free, real-time
→ Solana only handles stakes in and winnings out
→ trustless where it matters. fast where it has to be.

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

the hardest part wasn't latency. it was reconnection. player drops mid-hand. comes back 10 seconds later. server needs to know: what was their state? whose turn is it? what's in the pot? WebSockets gave me full control over that. on-chain would've been a nightmare to reconcile.

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

https://t.co/5RiZC3SOrQ

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

the hardest part wasn't latency. it was reconnection. player drops mid-hand. comes back 10 seconds later. server needs to know: what was their state? whose turn is it? what's in the pot? WebSockets gave me full control over that. on-chain would've been a nightmare to reconcile.

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

and that's on a good day. during peak congestion, RPC providers have reported 12% of transactions silently failing. no error. no warning. your transaction just disappears. imagine that happening mid-hand when real money is on the table.

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

https://t.co/uGv2Eg5LQo

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

and that's on a good day. during peak congestion, RPC providers have reported 12% of transactions silently failing. no error. no warning. your transaction just disappears. imagine that happening mid-hand when real money is on the table.

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

Solana's slot time is 400ms. that's the fastest a confirmed state change can happen on-chain. poker needs sub-100ms reactions, fold, call, raise, next card. you do the math.

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

https://t.co/pHpKm9Y1De

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

Solana's slot time is 400ms. that's the fastest a confirmed state change can happen on-chain. poker needs sub-100ms reactions, fold, call, raise, next card. you do the math.

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

building a poker game on Solana. game state runs on a server. Solana only touches the money. here's why that was the right call

#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming

[Easwar Harikaran @Easwar_H]

fully on-chain poker is possible. mental poker protocol, ZK proofs, VRF for randomness. we'll get there. but right now, this hybrid ships a game players can actually use. build for what works today. upgrade for what's possible tomorrow.
#Solana #BuildInPublic #Web3Gaming