ZK Compression on Solana

ZK Compression enables rent-free tokens and PDAs on Solana by storing state on the ledger instead of in accounts, using zero-knowledge proofs to validate state transitions. Built by Light Protocol and indexed by Helius Photon.

When to Use ZK Compression

Use ZK Compression when:

• Creating millions of token accounts (5000x cheaper than regular accounts)
• Minting to many recipients (airdrops, loyalty programs, gaming assets)
• Building apps with many user accounts that are infrequently updated
• Reducing rent costs for PDAs with low update frequency

Use regular accounts when:

• Account is updated frequently (>1000 lifetime writes)
• Account stores large data accessed in on-chain transactions
• Compute budget is critical (compression adds ~100k CU overhead)

Quick Start