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zone-runners
Faster experience for Solana DePIN users.
What it does
From the project README:
Zone Runners is a stake-and-challenge game built on top of existing DePIN infrastructure. Operators stake SOL to claim H3 geographic zones and prove their hardware covers them. Any other operator with better hardware coverage can challenge and take a zone by proving it on-chain. The challenger wins the defender's stake. Failed challenges cost only gas.
- Original
- nidhinmahesh/zone-runners
- SuperStack fork
- Blockchains/zone-runners @
1ce0477 - Stars
- 0
- Last push (original)
- 2026-05-10
- Languages
- Rust, TypeScript
- Detected stack
- Anchorweb3.js
- Categories
- DePIN
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Architecture
13 source files. By extension: .rs ×9, .ts ×4.
| Top-level directory | Source files |
|---|---|
programs | 9 |
app | 3 |
tests | 1 |
On-chain programs: programs/zone-runners
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/zone-runners/. 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/zone-runners/src/instructions/season.rs L61–84 @ 1ce0477 · Apache-2.0 · original} // ─── Accounts ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #[derive(Accounts)]pub struct CreateSeason<'info> { #[account(mut)] pub admin: Signer<'info>, #[account( mut, seeds = [ZONE_CONFIG_SEED, &zone_config.club_id], bump = zone_config.bump, has_one = admin @ ZoneError::Unauthorized, )] pub zone_config: Account<'info, ZoneConfig>, #[account( init, payer = admin, space = 8 + Season::MAX_SIZE, seeds = [SEASON_SEED, zone_config.key().as_ref(), &zone_config.season_count.to_be_bytes()], bump )]- Line 68
pub admin: Signer<'info>,: Requires this account to have signed the transaction. - Line 72
seeds = [ZONE_CONFIG_SEED, &zone_config.club_id],: Declares the PDA seeds. Anchor re-derives the address and rejects the account if it doesn't match. - Line 73
bump = zone_config.bump,: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve. - Line 74
has_one = admin @ ZoneError::Unauthorized,: Checks that a stored pubkey field matches the passed account. - Line 79
init,: Creates and pays for a new account. Space and payer must be specified.
programs/zone-runners/src/instructions/passport.rs L49–72 @ 1ce0477 · Apache-2.0 · original #[derive(Accounts)]pub struct UpdatePassport<'info> { #[account(mut)] pub payer: Signer<'info>, /// CHECK: the wallet whose passport we are updating; does not need to sign pub authority: AccountInfo<'info>, #[account( init_if_needed, payer = payer, space = 8 + ContributionPassport::MAX_SIZE, seeds = [PASSPORT_SEED, authority.key().as_ref()], bump )] pub passport: Account<'info, ContributionPassport>, pub system_program: Program<'info, System>,} #[derive(Accounts)]pub struct RecordSeasonParticipation<'info> { #[account(mut)]- Line 53
pub payer: Signer<'info>,: Requires this account to have signed the transaction. - Line 59
init_if_needed,: Creates the account only if it doesn't exist. Watch for re-initialisation bugs. - Line 62
seeds = [PASSPORT_SEED, authority.key().as_ref()],: Declares the PDA seeds. Anchor re-derives the address and rejects the account if it doesn't match. - Line 63
bump: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve.
programs/zone-runners/src/instructions/initialize.rs L13–34 @ 1ce0477 · Apache-2.0 · original cfg.season_count = 0; cfg.bump = ctx.bumps.zone_config; Ok(())} #[derive(Accounts)]#[instruction(club_id: u64)]pub struct InitializeZoneConfig<'info> { #[account(mut)] pub admin: Signer<'info>, #[account( init, payer = admin, space = 8 + ZoneConfig::MAX_SIZE, seeds = [ZONE_CONFIG_SEED, &club_id.to_le_bytes()], bump )] pub zone_config: Account<'info, ZoneConfig>, pub system_program: Program<'info, System>,}- Line 14
cfg.bump = ctx.bumps.zone_config;: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve. - Line 22
pub admin: Signer<'info>,: Requires this account to have signed the transaction. - Line 25
init,: Creates and pays for a new account. Space and payer must be specified. - Line 28
seeds = [ZONE_CONFIG_SEED, &club_id.to_le_bytes()],: Declares the PDA seeds. Anchor re-derives the address and rejects the account if it doesn't match.
programs/zone-runners/src/instructions/zone.rs L13–36 @ 1ce0477 · Apache-2.0 · original let season = &mut ctx.accounts.season; require!(now >= season.start_ts, ZoneError::SeasonNotStarted); require!(now < season.end_ts, ZoneError::SeasonEnded); require!(!season.is_settled, ZoneError::SeasonAlreadySettled); require!(stake_lamports >= MIN_ZONE_STAKE, ZoneError::StakeBelowMinimum); let claim = &mut ctx.accounts.zone_claim; claim.season = season.key(); claim.h3_index = h3_index; claim.operator = ctx.accounts.operator.key(); claim.facility = facility; claim.claimed_at = now; claim.is_verified = false; claim.verified_at = 0; claim.snapshot_buffer = Pubkey::default(); claim.stake_lamports = stake_lamports; claim.coverage_score = 0; claim.challenge_count = 0; claim.bump = ctx.bumps.zone_claim; // Transfer stake SOL from operator → ZoneClaim PDA let cpi_ctx = CpiContext::new( ctx.accounts.system_program.to_account_info(),- Line 15
require!(now >= season.start_ts, ZoneError::SeasonNotStarted);: An explicit validation that aborts the instruction with an error. - Line 32
claim.bump = ctx.bumps.zone_claim;: Uses the bump seed, the extra byte that pushes the derived address off the ed25519 curve. - Line 34
// Transfer stake SOL from operator → ZoneClaim PDA: Touches staking state: the amount locked and when it was locked. - Line 35
let cpi_ctx = CpiContext::new(: Makes a cross-program invocation into another program.
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 lint | prettier */*.js "*/**/*{.js,.ts}" --check |
app | npm run build | tsc |
. | 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 |
. | cargo build | Rust workspace build |
. | cargo test | Rust tests |
What you could build from it
- Fork the SuperStack copy and extend it within the DePIN gaps listed on the idea page.
- Learn the pattern first: Oracles: Pyth and Switchboard
- Learn the pattern first: Compressed NFTs and state compression
- Learn the pattern first: SPL Tokens: mints, accounts and transfers