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ETHGlobal Unite DeFi β€” How We Won with ICP
ICP
ETHGlobal
1inch
DeFi
Cross-chain
Fusion+

ETHGlobal Unite DeFi β€” How We Won with ICP

Design decisions, trade‑offs, and the fully on‑chain architecture that won πŸ₯ˆ in 1inch’s Fusion+ β†’ ICP track.

8/8/202510 min

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icRamp Devlog 12 β€” Milestone Submission: Solana P2P Onramping (SOL + BONK)
ICP
Solana
SPL
Vaults
Testing

icRamp Devlog 12 β€” Milestone Submission: Solana P2P Onramping (SOL + BONK)

Final wrap-up for the Solana Integration milestone: 5-min demo, slides, deliverables checklist, tests, and canister URLs.

9/20/2025
2 min
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icRamp Devlog #11 β€” Testing Saga 4: Vault State (SOL + SPL), Full Suite Green
Solana
Vault
PocketIC
Testing Canisters
SPL Tokens

icRamp Devlog #11 β€” Testing Saga 4: Vault State (SOL + SPL), Full Suite Green

We finish the vault branch for SOL and SPL: deposits, cancels, locks, unlocks, and completion β€” entirely in-canister state. Plus, the full Solana suite now passes.

9/17/2025
3 min
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icRamp Devlog #10 β€” Testing Saga 3: Token Registry, Token-2022 & Solid Wasm Paths
Solana
SPL Tokens
Token-2022
PocketIC
Testing Canisters

icRamp Devlog #10 β€” Testing Saga 3: Token Registry, Token-2022 & Solid Wasm Paths

We include the Solana token registry tests (incl. Token-2022), fix flaky JSON-RPC shapes, and make the test harness robust with `include_bytes!` + workspace-aware wasm paths.

9/16/2025
7 min
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icRamp Devlog #9 β€” Testing Saga 2: PocketIC Solana Mocks & Test Harness
Solana
SPL Tokens
Devnet
Testing Canisters
PocketIC

icRamp Devlog #9 β€” Testing Saga 2: PocketIC Solana Mocks & Test Harness

We continue the Solana testing story by building a clean HTTP-outcall mocking layer, composable responders, and readable integration tests.

9/15/2025
8 min
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icRamp Devlog #8 β€” Testing Saga 1: Refractor and Solana Test Expansion
Solana
SPL Tokens
Devnet
Testing Canisters
PocketIC

icRamp Devlog #8 β€” Testing Saga 1: Refractor and Solana Test Expansion

We refractored and improved our testing architecture and expanded it to include a fully-fledged solana backend canister integration test flow.

9/14/2025
7 min
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icRamp Devlog #7 β€” Extra: Creating spl tokens
Solana
SPL Tokens
Devnet
Tests

icRamp Devlog #7 β€” Extra: Creating spl tokens

Let's create some spl tokens so we can generate a fully fledged test with orders containing solana tokens.

9/10/2025
2 min
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icRamp Devlog #6 β€” icRamp Orders with Solana
ICP
Solana
Chain Fusion
Escrow
Canisters
Frontend

icRamp Devlog #6 β€” icRamp Orders with Solana

Everything is ready for us to create orders in the frontend containing solana and executing the full offramping flow.

9/4/2025
9 min
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icRamp Devlog #5 β€” icRamp frontend Solana Wallet Adapter
Solana
Frontend
Wallet

icRamp Devlog #5 β€” icRamp frontend Solana Wallet Adapter

Third Chain Fusion grant log: adding solana wallet adapter in the frontend.

9/1/2025
7 min
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icRamp Devlog #4 β€” icRamp frontend Deployment Setup with Solana
ICP
Solana
Chain Fusion
Escrow
Canisters

icRamp Devlog #4 β€” icRamp frontend Deployment Setup with Solana

Third Chain Fusion grant log: wiring icRamp's core backend with the Solana canister, persisting canister IDs, and preparing escrow flows for SOL/SPL assets.

8/28/2025
17 min
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icRamp Devlog #3 β€” icRamp Canister & Solana Integration
ICP
Solana
Chain Fusion
Escrow
Canisters

icRamp Devlog #3 β€” icRamp Canister & Solana Integration

Third Chain Fusion grant log: wiring icRamp's core backend with the Solana canister, persisting canister IDs, and preparing escrow flows for SOL/SPL assets.

8/21/2025
5 min
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icRamp Devlog #2 β€” Solana Canister, Registry & Vault
ICP
Solana
Chain Fusion
SPL
Canisters

icRamp Devlog #2 β€” Solana Canister, Registry & Vault

Second Chain Fusion grant: building a Solana canister with safe token registry and a thin vault to coordinate escrow.

8/15/2025
8 min
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icRamp Devlog #1 β€” Chain Fusion & Bitcoin
ICP
Bitcoin
Chain Fusion

icRamp Devlog #1 β€” Chain Fusion & Bitcoin

Bringing Bitcoin and Solana native actions to ICP: setup, pitfalls, and tests.

11/20/2024
2 min
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