TLDR:
This guide shows you how to analyze transaction priority fees for transactions adjacent to your target transaction on Solana. This is particularly useful when developing trading strategies or troubleshooting transaction execution on programs like pump.fun.
What the script in this tutorial does is look for transactions adjacent to the one you specify (usually your own) and checks all other transactions involving the same program and prints the priority fees in the same block and the adjacent blocks to easily see how your particular transaction stacks up and how you can tune it to win more races.
Start for free and get your app to production levels immediately. No credit card required.
You can sign up with your GitHub, X, Google, or Microsoft account.
pip install solana base58
The recommended reading list:
If you end up in this specific scenario as outlined in the beginning of the article, here’s things that you need to have to get the results:
The script itself:
In the script:
To use the script, just run python check_adjacent.py
or whatever you name it.
Example output:
This tool is particularly useful for:
Understanding transaction priority fees and their impact on execution is crucial for successful trading on Solana. This tool helps you analyze the competitive landscape and optimize your trading strategy by providing insights into how other traders are setting their priority fees.
For more Solana development tools and guides, see Mastering Solana.
TLDR:
This guide shows you how to analyze transaction priority fees for transactions adjacent to your target transaction on Solana. This is particularly useful when developing trading strategies or troubleshooting transaction execution on programs like pump.fun.
What the script in this tutorial does is look for transactions adjacent to the one you specify (usually your own) and checks all other transactions involving the same program and prints the priority fees in the same block and the adjacent blocks to easily see how your particular transaction stacks up and how you can tune it to win more races.
Start for free and get your app to production levels immediately. No credit card required.
You can sign up with your GitHub, X, Google, or Microsoft account.
pip install solana base58
The recommended reading list:
If you end up in this specific scenario as outlined in the beginning of the article, here’s things that you need to have to get the results:
The script itself:
In the script:
To use the script, just run python check_adjacent.py
or whatever you name it.
Example output:
This tool is particularly useful for:
Understanding transaction priority fees and their impact on execution is crucial for successful trading on Solana. This tool helps you analyze the competitive landscape and optimize your trading strategy by providing insights into how other traders are setting their priority fees.
For more Solana development tools and guides, see Mastering Solana.