TRACK 04

RUST WEB3
ENGINEER

Build the next generation of decentralized protocols and smart contract runtimes with Rust.

BLOCKCHAIN FOUNDATIONS

Understanding consensus mechanisms, Merkle trees, and cryptographic primitives. The building blocks every protocol engineer must own.

SHA-256MerkleEd25519

book

Bitcoin Whitepaper

9 pages that started it all. Read before writing a single line of blockchain code. The mental model here underlies every chain.

bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

repo

RustCrypto — cryptographic primitives

Pure Rust implementations of SHA-2, Ed25519, AES, and other primitives. Use these crates in your own chain implementations.

github.com/RustCrypto

video

MIT 6.5840 — Distributed Systems lectures

Free on YouTube. Covers Raft consensus, consistency models, fault tolerance. The distributed systems theory behind every blockchain.

pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824/

SOLANA PROGRAM DEV

Writing on-chain programs in Rust with Anchor. Account model, PDAs, CPIs, and security pitfalls unique to Solana.

AnchorPDAsCPIs

book

Anchor Framework — official documentation

The standard framework for writing Solana programs in Rust. Covers account constraints, instructions, errors, and testing.

anchor-lang.com

book

Solana Cookbook

Practical recipes for common Solana development patterns: PDAs, CPIs, token program, NFT minting, and more.

solanacookbook.com

repo

coral-xyz/anchor — examples folder

Official Anchor examples: basic programs, token contracts, escrow, and multisig. Clone and run locally before writing your own.

github.com/coral-xyz/anchor — examples/

NODE & RPC INFRA

Running and extending validator nodes. Building high-throughput RPC infrastructure and indexers for on-chain data.

YellowstoneGeyserRPC

repo

Yellowstone-gRPC — Solana Geyser plugin

Stream real-time Solana account updates, transactions, and slot notifications via gRPC. The standard for building indexers.

github.com/rpcpool/yellowstone-grpc

book

Solana Validator documentation

Official guide to running, configuring, and monitoring Solana validators. Essential for node infrastructure engineers.

docs.solanalabs.com/operations

repo

solana-client Rust SDK

Official Rust client for interacting with Solana RPC. Build indexers, bots, and monitoring tools directly in Rust.

github.com/solana-labs/solana — client/

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