22 shades of solana.
a degen’s quick & dirty guide to hooks on solana.
tl;dr on hooks:
think BDSM, but for tokens: who gets to participate, what’s allowed & where the boundaries are.
token-2022 is solana’s token program with optional extensions.
one of them, transfer hooks, lets builders add custom logic that runs during transfers.
a hook can check whether the recipient meets the token’s rules & reject the transfer if they don’t.
hooks are v fun:
they give permissionless infrastructure very specific permissions.
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let’s look at the past, present & potential of hooks
the past:
one early motivation was NFT royalties: how could creators enforce transfer conditions when people could simply switch marketplaces?
existing approaches often involved freezing tokens & routing interactions through intermediary programs.
transfer hooks offered a standard interface for custom transfer logic.
by june 2023, developers were already working on tooling for hooks.
in january 2024, the solana foundation’s broader token extensions announcement highlighted them for identity checks, token-gated access & royalty enforcement.
so! hooks on solana have existed long before today's particular party started.
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the present:
meteora ecosystem launchpad builders are driving adoption of hooks on solana.
@Hoookedpad combines meteora DBC with token-2022 transfer hooks.
its live experiments include separate buy & sell limits and restrictions tied to particular buying routes.
meteora handles the bonding curve; the hook adds conditions to token transfers.
so! see below for the evolving list of builders playing with hooks on solana.
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the potential: we can have endless fun with hooks
examples:
- community tokens that check membership.
- tokenized assets that check investor eligibility.
- games where holding one asset lets you receive another.
- trading of tokens during specific hours eg @hoursonsol
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what's holding innovation back?
integrations (among other things):
- wallets & trading apps need to supply the accounts a hook requires.
- supporting token-2022 doesn’t automatically mean supporting every custom hook.
we want to see more creative & widespread uses of hooks on solana.
so! meteora devs are in the chats!
we are shipping banger solutions to accelerate integrating hooks.
hooks on solana. higher.
builders will win. meteora ∞
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