Solana Stores Bytes, Not JSON. Here's What That Actually Means

<p>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/100-days-of-solana">100 Days of Solana Writing Challenge</a>, running from 15 May to 22 May.</p> <h2> Where the

<p>In this second week of #100daysofsolana , i got got introduced with the concept of account . I learned it by contrasting with the database of web2 . <br /> However , i am aware

<p>If you come from a Web2 background, Solana’s account model can feel confusing at first.<br /><br /> You might ask:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Why does everything seem to be an

<h2> From Hex to Human-Readable </h2> <p>At the end of <a href="https://dev.to/lymah/building-a-solana-account-explorer-query-on-chain-data-like-a-database-293d">Post 2</a>, my

<h2> Day 8 : Reading On-Chain Data with RPC Calls </h2> <p>This is where things got real. Instead of just generating wallets and checking balances manually, I started making

<p>When I first started digging into Solana accounts, those fields,<code>lamports</code>, <code>owner</code>, <code>data</code>, <code>executable</code>,looked like low-level

<p>As a web developer, I’m used to building systems where currencies, rewards, and balances live inside databases controlled by the backend.</p> <p>This week was my first time

<p>Typical web and mobile development often starts with a few familiar questions:</p> <ul> <li>What's the data model going to look like?</li> <li>How am I going to handle user