Light Token and PDA Examples

Light Token and ZK Compression allows you to build scalable Solana applications with rent-free token and mint accounts and PDA's.

Metric	Light	Standard Solana
Mint Account	~0.000091 SOL	~0.0015 SOL
Token Account	~0.000017 SOL	~0.0029 SOL
PDA (100-byte)	~0.000012 SOL	~0.0016 SOL

• All light mint and token accounts are on-chain accounts like SPL, but the light token program sponsors the rent-exemption cost for you.
• Light-token accounts can hold balances from any light, SPL, or Token-2022 mint.
• Light-mint accounts represent a unique mint and optionally can store token-metadata. Functionally equivalent to SPL mints.
• Light-PDAs are Solana PDAs with sponsored rent-exemption and can be implemented with minimal code changes to your existing Solana program. Your program logic stays mostly untouched, which keeps audit overhead minimal.

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Toolkits

	Description
Payments	All you need for wallet integrations and payment flows. Minimal API differences to SPL.
Streaming Tokens	Stream mint events using Laserstream
Sign with Privy	Light-token operations signed with Privy wallets (Node.js + React)
Sign with Wallet Adapter	Sign light-token transactions with Wallet Adapter (React)
Gasless Transactions	Abstract SOL fees so users never hold SOL. Set your application as the fee payer. Sponsor rent top-ups and transaction fees.
spl-to-light-transfer
Token 2022 Extensions	Create mints with Token 2022 extensions and register them for Light Token

Client Examples

TypeScript

			Description
create-mint	Action	Instruction	Create a light-token mint with metadata
create-spl-mint	Action	Instruction	Create an SPL mint with SPL interface PDA
create-t22-mint	Action	Instruction	Create a Token 2022 mint with SPL interface PDA
create-spl-interface	Action	Instruction	Register SPL interface PDA for an existing mint
create-ata	Action	Instruction	Create an associated light-token account
create-ata-explicit-rent-sponsor	Action		Create an ATA with explicit rent sponsor
load-ata	Action	Instruction	Load token accounts from light-token, compressed tokens, SPL/T22 to one unified balance
mint-to	Action	Instruction	Mint tokens to a light-account
transfer-interface	Action	Instruction	Transfer between light-token, T22, and SPL accounts
wrap	Action	Instruction	Wrap SPL/T22 to light-token
unwrap	Action	Instruction	Unwrap light-token to SPL/T22
approve	Action		Approve delegate
revoke	Action		Revoke delegate
delegate-transfer	Action		Delegate transfers tokens on behalf of owner

Rust

			Description
create-mint	Action	Instruction	Create a light-token mint with metadata
create-ata	Action	Instruction	Create an associated light-token account
create-token-account		Instruction	Create a light-token account with custom owner
mint-to	Action	Instruction	Mint tokens to a light-account
mint-to-checked		Instruction	Mint tokens with decimal validation
transfer-interface	Action	Instruction	Transfer between light-token, T22, and SPL accounts
wrap	Action		Wrap SPL/T22 to light-token
unwrap	Action		Unwrap light-token to SPL/T22
burn		Instruction	Burn tokens
burn-checked		Instruction	Burn tokens with decimal validation
approve	Action	Instruction	Approve delegate
revoke	Action	Instruction	Revoke delegate
freeze		Instruction	Freeze a token account
thaw		Instruction	Thaw a frozen token account
close		Instruction	Close a token account

Program Examples

Examples

	Description
escrow	Peer-to-peer light-token swap with offer/accept flow
fundraiser	Token fundraiser with target, deadline, and refunds
light-token-minter	Create light-mints with metadata, mint tokens
token-swap	AMM with liquidity pools and swaps (Anchor)
cp-swap-reference	Fork of Raydium AMM that creates markets without paying rent-exemption
pinocchio-swap	AMM with liquidity pools and swaps (Pinocchio)
create-and-transfer	Create account via macro and transfer via CPI

Macros

	Description
counter	Create, increment and close counter PDA with sponsored rent-exemption
create-associated-token-account	Create associated light-token account
create-mint	Create light-token mint
create-token-account	Create light-token account

Instructions

The instructions use pure CPI calls which you can combine with existing and / or light macros. For existing programs, you can replace spl_token with light_token instructions as you need. The API is a superset of SPL-token so switching is straightforward.

	Description
approve	Approve delegate via CPI
burn	Burn tokens via CPI
close	Close token account via CPI
create-associated-token-account	Create associated light-token account via CPI
create-mint	Create light-token mint via CPI
create-token-account	Create light-token account via CPI
freeze	Freeze token account via CPI
mint-to	Mint tokens via CPI
revoke	Revoke delegate via CPI
thaw	Thaw token account via CPI
transfer-checked	Transfer with mint validation via CPI
transfer-interface	Transfer between light-token, T22, and SPL accounts via CPI

Documentation

• Light Token overview
• Agent Skills
• AI Index