Witness Solana’s BAM: Programmable Money, Plugins, and Profits (No Spoon Needed!)

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  • BAM: At last, Solana apps can herd transactions, count their rubles, and mutter to themselves.
  • Plugins: Devs and validators now introduced to gentle rain of revenue (umbrellas not included).
  • BAM employs TEEs—trusted little black boxes for keeping secrets and thwarting market rascals.

Solana’s network has been upgraded. It isn’t some modest repair like tightening the screws at the dacha. No, the Jito BAM upgrade resembles a late-night revelation after three cups of tea and too many unresolved debts. It’s a reimagining of how money could flow—like a town council but with fewer speeches and more potential for sudden wealth.

For the first time, Solana’s apps grow ambition and a spine—they may finally decide the sequence of their own affairs! Developers can now wedge their logic straight into the bloodstream of transaction ordering. No more standing in the corridor, waiting for a turn. Already, the DeFi crowd circles the table, hoping for a share of good fortune…and the borscht, of course. 🍲

To Program or To Watch: BAM Arrives Like an Unexpected Aunt

BAM, which stands for Block Assembly Marketplace, brings with it new “nodes” sporting secure hats (not literal, but imagine the fun). These BAM Nodes privately assemble transactions with the help of trusted execution environments—rooms with locked doors and small keyholes.

Now, if a front-runner or schemer tries to meddle, the door simply doesn’t open. Instead, all transactions dance safely behind the curtain, untouchable and mysterious. On X (formerly known as someone’s favorite birdwatching platform), Jito trumpeted: “BAM turns Solana into a value-creation locomotive: developers, apps, validators, and, for all we know, the village postman may all expect a payday.” 🚂

With Plugins, developers craft their own transaction choreography. Some might prioritize hefty swaps, others will concoct complicated rituals. But all get a nibble, as Solana’s static stage transforms into a build-your-own-theatre.

Jito Labs CEO Lucas Bruder confided (no samovar present, sadly) that developers are newly empowered, ready to invent and chase value as never before—some might even sleep, eventually.

Money Smiles on Apps: BAM as the New Revenue Samovar

Apps, formerly backseat passengers in Solana’s carriage, now grip the reins and holler “Giddap!” Plugins offer code-based tickets to the new revenue show. Validators and stakers, too, find coins rattling in unexpected pockets.

Source – X (where all bold announcements go to fly, briefly)

Each Plugin brushes its own rules onto the communal canvas. Now, protocols and apps themselves may be paid for work that, in the past, only brought them headaches and existential angst. Jito Labs’ Lucas Bruder confided to the Lightspeed Podcast (while possibly petting a cat): “Apps will soon earn from sequencing. By contrast, arbitrageurs and takers must now find other hobbies, perhaps chess.” ♟️

Plugin proceeds cascade not just to developers, but validators, node operators—even stakers. Income in DeFi, usually a dull affair, now sparkles like a samovar in the noonday sun. Figment, Helius, and Triton One—validators with gravitas and healthy appetites—have already pulled up their chairs.

And should BAM’s cabaret tent expand, everyone may one day be invited to run the show. Solana’s smorgasbord is, in theory, less monopolized, though there are always those who find a way to hide the best pastries.

Rumor on the Lightspeed Podcast: Some think Solana apps may soon pocket more than the validators themselves, provided nobody ruins it with a new governance proposal and everyone brings pastries to the next meeting.

BAM Rolls Out: Secrecy, Swiftness, and the Occasional Honest Mistake

BAM’s privacy—delivered by unobtrusive TEEs—is said to put paid to market cheats. MEV bots, would-be manipulators, and other uninvited guests now find their schemes frustrated. Honest users and protocols sigh in relief, although the chess club membership just boomed.

Modularity is BAM’s secret weapon. Over time, the system may be opened, governed by a crowd gathered around a cold buffet table. Not just privileged validators but also app developers—anyone with a Plugin and a sense of comic timing—can find their way into the revenue stream.

As Jito Labs summed up on X, “We want to make a larger pie, a more programmable Solana, and encourage everyone to take a slice—hopefully not with their hands.” 🥧

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2025-08-03 05:25