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The reliable way to find real Solana events is to start from official and community-run calendars — Solana Foundation's events page, Luma, Superteam, and local meetup platforms — and always confirm details on the official page before attending or paying anything.
Superteam is a network of regional, country-based communities that help people start earning and building in the Solana ecosystem through bounties, grants, jobs, and local events.
Colosseum is the organization that runs Solana's main online hackathon, plus an accelerator and venture fund that help top teams become funded startups.
A Solana Hacker House is a free, multi-day, in-person event that helps developers start building applications on Solana through hands-on workshops, mentoring, and a mini-hackathon.
Solana Breakpoint is the Solana Foundation's annual flagship conference for the Solana ecosystem — its location and dates change each year, so check the official page for current details.
Pyth Network is a first-party oracle that publishes real-time market prices on-chain for DeFi apps to use.
Phantom is a popular self-custody wallet for Solana and other chains where you control your own keys.
Magic Eden is a leading multichain NFT marketplace that began on Solana.
Tensor is a trader-focused NFT marketplace and aggregator on Solana.
Drift Protocol is a decentralized perpetual-futures, spot, and lending exchange built on Solana, governed by the DRIFT token.
Kamino Finance is a Solana-based DeFi protocol for lending, borrowing, and automated liquidity, with KMNO as its governance token.
Marinade Finance is a Solana liquid staking protocol: stake SOL, get mSOL, and keep using it in DeFi while earning rewards.
Raydium is a leading Solana AMM DEX for swapping tokens, providing liquidity, and earning yield, with RAY as its protocol token.
Jupiter is Solana's largest DEX aggregator that routes a swap across many exchanges to find the best price.
