Welcome to ZK Compression

ZK Compression is a Solana account primitive that lets you create tokens and PDAs without rent-exemption with L1 performance and security.

Creation Cost	Solana	ZK Compression
Token Account	~2,000,000 lamports	~5,000 lamports
100-byte PDA	~1,600,000 lamports	~15,000 lamports

Features

Light Token Program (Beta)

High performance token standard that uses ZK Compression under the hood. For Defi and Payments.

Compressed PDAs

For App State.

Compressed Tokens

For Token Distribution.

Quickstart

1. Installations

   npm

   Install packages in your working directory:

   npm install @lightprotocol/stateless.js@alpha \
               @lightprotocol/compressed-token@alpha
   

   Install the CLI globally:

   npm install -g @lightprotocol/zk-compression-cli@alpha
   

   yarn

   Install packages in your working directory:

   yarn add @lightprotocol/stateless.js@alpha \
            @lightprotocol/compressed-token@alpha
   

   Install the CLI globally:

   yarn global add @lightprotocol/zk-compression-cli@alpha
   

   pnpm

   Install packages in your working directory:

   pnpm add @lightprotocol/stateless.js@alpha \
            @lightprotocol/compressed-token@alpha
   

   Install the CLI globally:

   pnpm add -g @lightprotocol/zk-compression-cli@alpha
   
2. Get started

   Mint Compressed Tokens in less than 5 minutes

What is ZK Compression?

ZK Compression is a framework that reduces the storage cost of Solana accounts by combining generalized state compression and zero-knowledge proofs.

1. State Compression

   Normally data is stored in millions of on-chain accounts. State compression stores account data on the

   Solana ledger

   . Only a fingerprint is stored on-chain for cryptographic security - a hash of all compressed accounts. This hash allows transactions to use the account data inside Solana’s virtual machine as if it were stored on-chain.

2. ZK

   The protocol uses 128 byte zero-knowledge proofs (validity proofs) to verify the integrity of the compressed accounts. By default, this is all done under the hood. You can fetch validity proofs from RPC providers that support ZK Compression.

Resources

RPC Methods

Browse ZK Compression’s JSON RPC methods.

SDKs

Explore our TypeScript and Rust SDKs.

CLI Installation

Install the ZK Compression CLI for local development.

Learn & Community

Start Learning

Learn about ZK Compression’s core concepts.

Security

Read our external audit and formal verification reports.

Discord

Join our Discord for support and discussions.

Next Steps

Quickstart: Mint Compressed Tokens in less than 5 minutes