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tide-dca
DCA without MEV. Bots blind, retail wins. Hidden-Liquidity DCA Pool for Solana — encrypted intents via Arcium MPC, single Jupiter swap per window, pro-rata distribution.
What it does
From the project README:
[](https://github.com/PugarHuda/tide-dca/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](https://colosseum.com/frontier) [](https://arcium.com) [](https://www.anchor-lang.com) [](#what-works-today)
- Original
- PugarHuda/tide-dca
- SuperStack fork
- Blockchains/tide-dca @
b0790dc - Stars
- 0
- Last push (original)
- 2026-05-12
- Languages
- TypeScript, JavaScript, Rust, CSS, HTML
- Detected stack
- @solana/kitAnchorNext.jsweb3.js
- Categories
- DeFiInfrastructure & Tooling
- Licence
- MIT
- Homepage
- https://tide-dca.vercel.app
Architecture
79 source files. By extension: .tsx ×33, .ts ×29, .rs ×16, .js ×1.
| Top-level directory | Source files |
|---|---|
lib | 22 |
components | 21 |
programs | 15 |
app | 14 |
(root) | 3 |
migrations | 1 |
scripts | 1 |
confidential-ixs | 1 |
On-chain programs: programs/tide
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/tide-dca/. 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.
programs/tide/src/instructions/trigger_aggregate.rs L13–36 @ b0790dc · MIT · original pub pool: Account<'info, Pool>, #[account( mut, seeds = [Window::SEED_PREFIX, pool.key().as_ref(), &window.window_number.to_le_bytes()], bump = window.bump, )] pub window: Account<'info, Window>,} pub fn handler(ctx: Context<TriggerAggregate>) -> Result<()> { let window = &mut ctx.accounts.window; let clock = Clock::get()?; require!( clock.unix_timestamp >= window.end_ts, TideError::WindowNotExpired ); require!(window.status == 0, TideError::AlreadyAggregated); // Check pool size threshold require!( window.total_committed_usdc >= ctx.accounts.pool.min_pool_size_usdc, TideError::PoolTooSmall- Line 17
seeds = [Window::SEED_PREFIX, pool.key().as_ref(), &window.window_number.to_le_bytes()],: Declares the PDA seeds. Anchor re-derives the address and rejects the account if it doesn't match. - Line 18
bump = window.bump,: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve. - Line 25
let clock = Clock::get()?;: Reads on-chain time from the Clock sysvar. - Line 27
require!(: An explicit validation that aborts the instruction with an error.
programs/tide/src/instructions/init_pool.rs L13–35 @ b0790dc · MIT · original#[derive(Accounts)]#[instruction(target_mint: Pubkey)]pub struct InitPool<'info> { #[account(mut)] pub authority: Signer<'info>, pub input_mint: Account<'info, Mint>, #[account( init, payer = authority, space = Pool::SPACE, seeds = [ Pool::SEED_PREFIX, input_mint.key().as_ref(), target_mint.as_ref(), ], bump, )] pub pool: Account<'info, Pool>, pub system_program: Program<'info, System>,}- Line 17
pub authority: Signer<'info>,: Requires this account to have signed the transaction. - Line 22
init,: Creates and pays for a new account. Space and payer must be specified. - Line 25
seeds = [: Declares the PDA seeds. Anchor re-derives the address and rejects the account if it doesn't match. - Line 30
bump,: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve.
programs/tide/src/instructions/mark_window_failed.rs L37–60 @ b0790dc · MIT · original seeds = [Window::SEED_PREFIX, pool.key().as_ref(), &window.window_number.to_le_bytes()], bump = window.bump, constraint = window.pool == pool.key(), )] pub window: Account<'info, Window>,} pub fn handler(ctx: Context<MarkWindowFailed>) -> Result<()> { let window = &mut ctx.accounts.window; // Case 1: Aggregating window — standard escape hatch. // Case 2: Open + expired + empty — unstick lifecycle when no commits // arrived. Empty check is critical: must NEVER let authority // skip a window with active commits, that'd freeze user funds. let is_aggregating = window.status == 1; let clock = Clock::get()?; let is_open_expired_empty = window.status == 0 && clock.unix_timestamp >= window.end_ts && window.intent_count == 0 && window.total_committed_usdc == 0; require!( is_aggregating || is_open_expired_empty, TideError::AggregateNotReady- Line 37
seeds = [Window::SEED_PREFIX, pool.key().as_ref(), &window.window_number.to_le_bytes()],: Declares the PDA seeds. Anchor re-derives the address and rejects the account if it doesn't match. - Line 38
bump = window.bump,: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve. - Line 52
let clock = Clock::get()?;: Reads on-chain time from the Clock sysvar. - Line 58
require!(: An explicit validation that aborts the instruction with an error.
programs/tide/src/instructions/setup_dca_position.rs L13–36 @ b0790dc · MIT · original pub owner: Signer<'info>, pub pool: Account<'info, Pool>, #[account( init, payer = owner, space = DcaPosition::SPACE, seeds = [ DcaPosition::SEED_PREFIX, owner.key().as_ref(), pool.key().as_ref(), ], bump, )] pub position: Account<'info, DcaPosition>, pub system_program: Program<'info, System>,} pub fn handler( ctx: Context<SetupDcaPosition>, amount_per_window: u64, max_slippage_bps: u16,- Line 13
pub owner: Signer<'info>,: Requires this account to have signed the transaction. - Line 18
init,: Creates and pays for a new account. Space and payer must be specified. - Line 21
seeds = [: Declares the PDA seeds. Anchor re-derives the address and rejects the account if it doesn't match. - Line 26
bump,: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve.
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 |
|---|---|---|
. | npm run dev | next dev |
. | npm run start | next start |
. | npm run build | next build |
. | npm run lint | next lint |
. | anchor build | compile programs and generate IDLs |
. | anchor test | local validator + test suite |
. | anchor run test | yarn run ts-mocha -p ./tsconfig.json -t 1000000 tests/**/*.ts |
What you could build from it
- Fork the SuperStack copy and extend it within the DeFi gaps listed on the idea page.
- Learn the pattern first: Program Derived Addresses (PDAs)
- Learn the pattern first: Cross-Program Invocations (CPIs)
- Learn the pattern first: SPL Tokens: mints, accounts and transfers