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Transaction Requests: Bringing smart purchases to Solana Pay
It was a packed house at San Francisco’s Atlas Cafe on May 5th, 2022. The Solana Pay team had taken the iconic coffeehouse to show the world its latest innovation — transaction requests. “What transaction requests do is allow any NFT to act as a loyalty token,” said Sheraz Shere, head of payments for Solana Labs, in a video from the event. People at the event received a special NFT, which automatically generated a 20% discount when using Solana Pay. “NFT loyalty, in a box,” he said.
When it was introduced in February 2022, the Solana Pay protocol acted as a one-way payments rail that allowed people to easily transfer tokens using a QR code, making it easy to connect wallets for IRL purchases.
That means that purchases can become much more than a single, one way transaction — they can become conversations. Taking the dynamic experience of Solana transactions IRL means that consumers and merchants can both benefit more meaningfully from a commerce transaction.
That means that purchases can become much more than a single, one way transaction — they can become conversations. Taking the dynamic experience of Solana transactions IRL means that consumers and merchants can both benefit more meaningfully from a commerce transaction.
Ecosystem Headlines
It was a packed house at San Francisco’s Atlas Cafe on May 5th, 2022. The Solana Pay team had taken the iconic coffeehouse to show the world its latest innovation — transaction requests. “What transaction requests do is allow any NFT to act as a loyalty token,” said Sheraz Shere, head of payments for Solana Labs, in a video from the event. People at the event received a special NFT, which automatically generated a 20% discount when using Solana Pay. “NFT loyalty, in a box,” he said.
- Phantom wallet is officially live on Android.
- Everlend, a decentralized meta lending protocol with a built-in money market and yield/loan aggregator, is now live on Solana mainnet.
- Glow Wallet, a wallet to store, send, receive, stake and swap tokens on the Solana blockchain, has integrated Solana Pay SDK.
- Releap, a platform for Musicians and music NFTs built on Solana, launched the beta version of their app.
- Zebec Protocol brings customizable multisig to the Solana ecosystem.
- Umbrella Network, a decentralized community owned layer 2 oracle, launched on Solana mainnet.
Top Solana News
It was a packed house at San Francisco’s Atlas Cafe on May 5th, 2022. The Solana Pay team had taken the iconic coffeehouse to show the world its latest innovation — transaction requests. “What transaction requests do is allow any NFT to act as a loyalty token,” said Sheraz Shere, head of payments for Solana Labs, in a video from the event. People at the event received a special NFT, which automatically generated a 20% discount when using Solana Pay. “NFT loyalty, in a box,” he said.
Solana NFTs are coming to Instagram
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri announced that Instatgram would allow people to display the NFTs they either made or bought in a tweet. The initial rollout will go to a small test group. "We wanted to start small and learn from the community," he said.
Major League Hacking hacks on Solana
Good news, students and people new to the Solana ecosystem! Major League Hacking, a global community for student builders, is teaming up with Solana Labs for a new summer fellowship program. Fellows will team up with a mentor, receive a stipend, and get a chance to interview for roles in the ecosystem. Find out more.
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