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Solana Auction

Solana Auction is a Rust-based recipe for developing an NFT auction program on Solana, with NFT listings, fungible-token bidding and escrow.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when designing or learning from a Solana auction flow in which bidders deposit fungible tokens and the highest bidder receives the NFT after the deadline.

Who it is for

  • Solana developers learning how to structure an on-chain NFT auction.
  • Builders exploring escrow-based auctions with fungible-token deposits.

Documented uses

  • Study an auction flow that holds a listed NFT and the current token bid in escrow.
  • Understand rules for higher bids, deposit returns, deadlines, cancellation and settlement.
  • Prepare the example program and participant accounts for local development.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

  • The program is written in Rust and targets Solana.
  • Bids must exceed the current bid and cannot be placed after the auction expires.
  • The highest bidder's tokens go to the exhibitor when the NFT is transferred after the deadline.
  • Cancellation is restricted to the exhibitor and is unavailable once a bid has been placed.
  • The repository describes local validator setup and wallet and token-account preparation.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Prepare the local auction example

Build the Solana program, start the local validator and prepare the example wallets and token accounts.

Before you start

  • Prior knowledge of the Solana Cookbook
  • Familiarity with escrow concepts
  • The repository's program and scripts

Steps

  1. From the program directory, run the command below.

    Documented command
    cargo build-bpf

  2. From the scripts directory, run the command below.

    Documented command
    npm run setup-validator ../program/target/deploy/solana_auction.so

  3. Run the command below to create the exhibitor and bidder wallets and the FT and NFT token accounts.

    Documented command
    npm run setup

Expected outcome

A locally prepared example with a built program, validator setup and participant accounts.

Guide limitations

  • This covers preparation only; the repository describes separate exhibit and bidding stages.
  • The recipe names Solana Cookbook and escrow knowledge as prerequisites.
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18 October 2026
Original website title
yoshidan/solana-auction · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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