Full lesson
DAL
What it does
From the project README:
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- Original
- Dikossia/DAL
- SuperStack fork
- Blockchains/DAL @
e9a6e4e - Stars
- 0
- Last push (original)
- 2026-10-09
- Languages
- HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
- Detected stack
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- Categories
- Other
- Licence
- MIT
- Homepage
- https://dal-kappa.vercel.app
Architecture
68 source files. By extension: .ts ×52, .js ×15, .py ×1.
| Top-level directory | Source files |
|---|---|
server | 41 |
web | 16 |
(root) | 9 |
demo | 2 |
Dapp: devnet deploy pending
⏳ Devnet deploy pending — goes live when the devnet wallet is topped up. This fork's own dapp is not deployed yet, so there is no program address or transaction to show. It is queued in dapp-queue.txt; once devnet SOL is available it is deployed, exercised with real devnet transactions, and this section switches to the live dapp at /dapps/dal/. Until then, the lesson and step-by-step guide below are complete, and you can run it locally with the commands below.
Key code, explained
Excerpts chosen automatically where the code uses the most Solana concepts, pinned to the fork's commit.
server/src/chain/tx.ts L37–60 @ e9a6e4e · MIT · original const kp = all.get(pk); if (!kp) throw new Error(`Missing signer ${pk}`); return sign(message, kp.seed); }); return { wire: concat(shortvec(sigs.length), ...sigs, message), signature: b58encode(sigs[0]), message };} /** A transaction where some signatures are left empty (to be added by a wallet such as Phantom). */export function buildPartiallySignedTx(feePayer: Keypair, instructions: Instruction[], recentBlockhash: string, others: Keypair[] = []) { const { message, signers } = compileMessage(feePayer.publicKey, instructions, recentBlockhash); const all = new Map([feePayer, ...others].map(k => [k.publicKey, k])); const sigs = signers.map(pk => { const kp = all.get(pk); return kp ? sign(message, kp.seed) : new Uint8Array(64); }); return { wire: concat(shortvec(sigs.length), ...sigs, message), message, signers };} /** Program-derived address (same algorithm as PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync). */export function findProgramAddress(seeds: Uint8Array[], programId: string): string { for (let bump = 255; bump >= 0; bump--) { const h = createHash('sha256'); for (const s of seeds) h.update(s); h.update(Uint8Array.of(bump)); h.update(b58decode(programId)); h.update(utf8('ProgramDerivedAddress')); const out = new Uint8Array(h.digest()); if (!isOnCurve(out)) return b58encode(out); }- Line 52
/** Program-derived address (same algorithm as PublicKey.findProgramAddressSync). */: Derives a PDA from seeds and the program ID and returns the address with its canonical bump. - Line 54
for (let bump = 255; bump >= 0; bump--) {: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve.
server/src/chain/programs.ts L25–48 @ e9a6e4e · MIT · original export const associatedTokenAddress = (owner: string, mint: string) => findProgramAddress([b58decode(owner), b58decode(PROGRAMS.token), b58decode(mint)], PROGRAMS.ata); /** Creates the owner's token account for the mint if it does not exist yet (payer covers the deposit). */export function createAtaIdempotentIx(payer: string, owner: string, mint: string): Instruction { return { programId: PROGRAMS.ata, keys: [ { pubkey: payer, isSigner: true, isWritable: true }, { pubkey: associatedTokenAddress(owner, mint), isSigner: false, isWritable: true }, { pubkey: owner, isSigner: false, isWritable: false }, { pubkey: mint, isSigner: false, isWritable: false }, { pubkey: PROGRAMS.system, isSigner: false, isWritable: false }, { pubkey: PROGRAMS.token, isSigner: false, isWritable: false } ], data: u8(1) };} /** SPL Token TransferChecked between the owners' associated token accounts. */export function transferCheckedIx(owner: string, toOwner: string, mint: string, amount: bigint | number, decimals: number): Instruction { return { programId: PROGRAMS.token,- Line 27
findProgramAddress([b58decode(owner), b58decode(PROGRAMS.token), b58decode(mint)], PROGRAM: Derives a PDA from seeds and the program ID and returns the address with its canonical bump. - Line 45
/** SPL Token TransferChecked between the owners' associated token accounts. */: A checked token transfer, which also verifies the mint and decimals.
How to run, build and test
These commands come from the repo's own manifests (package.json scripts, Anchor.toml, Cargo, go.mod, Makefile). Check the README for prerequisites and environment variables.
| Directory | Command | Runs |
|---|---|---|
server | npm run dev | node --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --watch-path=src bin/dal.mjs start |
server | npm run start | node --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning bin/dal.mjs start |
server | npm run test | node --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --test --test-concurrency=1 tests/*.test.ts |
What you could build from it
- Fork the SuperStack copy and extend it within the Other gaps listed on the idea page.
- Learn the pattern first: Program Derived Addresses (PDAs)
- Learn the pattern first: Cross-Program Invocations (CPIs)