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Transactions and Market Makers

How transactions move through the network, what an RPC does, and how Automated Market Makers (AMMs) enable on-chain trading.

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Course Overview

In This Lesson

How transactions move through the Solana network, what an RPC does, and how Automated Market Makers (AMMs) — including concentrated liquidity (CLMM/DLMM) — enable on-chain trading.

Understand what an Automated Market Maker (AMM) is

Learn how concentrated liquidity improves capital efficiency

Understand the role an RPC plays in a transaction

Technical Core

Key Insights

An AMM lets assets be traded on-chain without a traditional order book

Concentrated liquidity (CLMM/DLMM) focuses liquidity around the current price for higher capital efficiency and more fees

An RPC is the bridge connecting your wallet or app to the validators and the blockchain