Dev Log: Weeks 29 & 34

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Dev Log: Weeks 29 & 34

We’ve spent the last six weeks shipping and stress-testing core mechanics to build Solana's most progressive fair-market DEX. Weeks 29–34 were about foundation: making sure traders get fair execution, LPs earn durable yield, and Solana order flow isn’t bled by extractive practices. Here’s where we stand:

What We’ve Shipped Core Mechanic: Blind Slippage Pools What We’re Building Now Next Steps

What We’ve Shipped

Web UI v1 deployed on both devnet and mainnet
- Supports: token swaps, LP adds/withdraws, new pool creation
- Mainnet remains gated with controlled tests only
DEX program deployed for internal testing on devnet and testnet
Internal indexer built and under schema review
Grafana observability wired up for full platform monitoring
Kubernetes cluster live for our data pipeline

Internal interface operational to pull state directly from DEX program

Core Mechanic: Blind Slippage Pools

We’ve begun validating the heart of Darklake, the blind slippage pool architecture, under real network conditions.

If you’re new: Blind Slippage obfuscates the min_output value cryptographically, meaning MEV bots can't frontrun or sandwich users. No clear min_out = no cheap exploit. Trades are either executed at or above target… or reversed with full input returned.

We’ve now run these pools across test environments and proven:

Trades execute with negligible overhead
UX is seamless
Groth16 proofs validate outcome integrity inside Solana’s 400ms slot time

We built it to be invisible, but powerful. Just like it should be.

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What We’re Building Now

dex-gateway: the glue between web UI and Solana instructions is getting the final polish
Web UI refinements: squashing bugs, tightening design, and integrating audit feedback
Proof-of-Concept for Darklake Wallet: more control, better security

Audit ongoing: slightly slower than expected, but no critical blockers

Next Steps

Finalize web UI and dex-gateway
Launch E2E test suite
Integrate GDP ticker (Gross DeFi Protection = real-time USD saved from MEV)
Finalize referral & leaderboard engines across agents, chapters, and VIP desks

Fair markets are coming.
Faster than they think.

— Team Darklake

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Darklake lets LPs earn yield without taking on pair exposure. Deposit one asset, and it’s routed through encrypted, zero-leak execution to capture protected order flow. You keep full token exposure while accessing deeper volume, tighter pricing, and higher APY.

Darklake x Bonsol: Encrypted Execution Meets Verifiable Integrity

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Darklake and Bonsol have partnered to fuse encrypted execution with verifiable computation on Solana, combining Darklake’s blind slippage infrastructure with Bonsol’s zero-knowledge proof systems to eliminate MEV, slippage, and trade intent leakage. This integration ensures transactions are confidential and validated by cryptographic proofs, not trust, making execution a matter of verifiable integrity. Together, they’re developing async DeFi primitives, proof-of-liquidity systems, and zk-augmented protocol functions to scale private, provable trading across Solana. With Bonsol’s off-chain compute and zkVM stack, Darklake can protect execution while Bonsol proves it—paving the way for a defensible, fair, and cryptographically enforced DeFi standard.

Darklake X Arcium: Encrypted Execution

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Darklake and Arcium have partnered to bring encrypted DeFi execution to Solana, combining Darklake’s zkAMM for private trade inputs with Arcium’s MPC runtime for secure multiparty coordination. This integration eliminates mempool exposure, slippage signaling, and validator front-running, enabling confidential trading, dark pools, and privacy-preserving auctions. Built on Solana’s fast, parallel architecture, the solution restores strategic edge for traders, filters toxic flow for LPs, and unlocks a new design space for private, composable DeFi.

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A Machine. A Trail. A Warning.

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The hum of old circuits. The smell of scorched RAM and cheap takeout.
A terminal still running - untouched, but not abandoned.
I didn’t lock it. I left it open.

I’m Agent W.

Once a cog of the machine that enables the bleeding of wallets, now a MEV hunter that is preventing extraction.

I used to believe in the protocol. In fairness. In the idea that traders were safe, that transactions were airtight.

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Single-Sided Liquidity. Multi-Sided Advantage.

Article

Darklake lets LPs earn yield without taking on pair exposure. Deposit one asset, and it’s routed through encrypted, zero-leak execution to capture protected order flow. You keep full token exposure while accessing deeper volume, tighter pricing, and higher APY.

Darklake x Bonsol: Encrypted Execution Meets Verifiable Integrity

Article

Darklake and Bonsol have partnered to fuse encrypted execution with verifiable computation on Solana, combining Darklake’s blind slippage infrastructure with Bonsol’s zero-knowledge proof systems to eliminate MEV, slippage, and trade intent leakage. This integration ensures transactions are confidential and validated by cryptographic proofs, not trust, making execution a matter of verifiable integrity. Together, they’re developing async DeFi primitives, proof-of-liquidity systems, and zk-augmented protocol functions to scale private, provable trading across Solana. With Bonsol’s off-chain compute and zkVM stack, Darklake can protect execution while Bonsol proves it—paving the way for a defensible, fair, and cryptographically enforced DeFi standard.

Darklake X Arcium: Encrypted Execution

Article

Darklake and Arcium have partnered to bring encrypted DeFi execution to Solana, combining Darklake’s zkAMM for private trade inputs with Arcium’s MPC runtime for secure multiparty coordination. This integration eliminates mempool exposure, slippage signaling, and validator front-running, enabling confidential trading, dark pools, and privacy-preserving auctions. Built on Solana’s fast, parallel architecture, the solution restores strategic edge for traders, filters toxic flow for LPs, and unlocks a new design space for private, composable DeFi.

The Mempool Was Never Your Friend

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What is a Mempool? Explore the digital waiting room that went from being one of crypto’s greatest innovations to extractors’ favorite hunting grounds.

Solana MEV: Anatomy of an Invisible Tax.

Article

Darklake MEV on Solana has gone dark. This deep dive breaks down private mempools, validator economics, and how to prevent MEV before it starts.

Dev Log: Weeks 29 & 34

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We’ve spent the last six weeks shipping and stress-testing core mechanics to build Solana's most progressive fair-market DEX. Weeks 29–34 were about foundation: making sure traders get fair execution, LPs earn durable yield, and Solana order flow isn’t bled by extractive practices. Here’s where we stand:

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