Welcome to ZK Compression - Light Protocol

ZK Compression is a compression framework for Solana that lets you create token accounts and PDAs at a fraction of the cost.Whether you’re pioneering the next DeFi protocol, or building for enterprise-grade stablecoin payments, our APIs and SDKs help you scale on Solana.

Token APIs

Creation Cost	Light Token Program	SPL / Token 2022
Mint Account	0.00001 SOL	0.0015 SOL
Token Account	0.00001 SOL	0.002 SOL

Light Token Program

High-performance token program and APIs that reduce account creation cost by 99%, while being more CU efficient on hot paths. The Light Token APIs are a superset of - and fully compatible with - SPL-Tokens.

PDA Accounts

Creation Cost	Light / Compressed	Solana default
100-byte PDA	~0.000015 SOL	0.0016 SOL

Light PDA (New)

Solana PDAs with sponsored rent-exemption that you can use with minimal coding overhead. Works just like any other PDA, e.g. in your DeFi program.

Compressed PDA

Compressed PDAs are the core primitive. They let you store user, app, or other infrequently accessed state without paying rent-exemption fees at all.

AI Native Development

Agent Skills
MCP and DeepWiki

Install orchestrator agent skill or view skill.md:

npx skills add https://zkcompression.com

Install or view dedicated agent skills.

Claude Code
Cursor
Any Agent

Add the marketplace and install:

/plugin marketplace add Lightprotocol/skills
/plugin install solana-rent-free-dev

Open Settings (Cmd+Shift+J / Ctrl+Shift+J)
Navigate to Rules & Commands → Project Rules → Add Rule → Remote Rule (GitHub)
Enter: https://github.com/Lightprotocol/skills.git

npx skills add Lightprotocol/skills

Connect AI tools to the Light Protocol repository via MCP and DeepWiki.

Claude Code
Codex
Most Clients (Windsurf, Cursor, ...)

claude mcp add -s user -t http deepwiki https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp
claude mcp add -s user -t http zkcompression https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp

codex mcp add zkcompression -- npx -y mcp-remote@latest https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp
codex mcp add deepwiki -- npx -y mcp-remote@latest https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepwiki": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/sse"
    },
    "zkcompression": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

AI Prompts

Copy-paste prompts for common integration tasks.

For DeFi

Program Integration

Build rent-free AMMs and DeFi programs.

Router Integration

Add support for rent-free AMMs to your aggregator.

Pinocchio Programs

High-performance DeFi programs with Pinocchio.

For Data Streaming

Mint Accounts

Stream mint events from the network in real-time.

Token Accounts

Stream token events from the network in real-time.

For Stablecoin Payments

Integration Guide

Guide to integrate light-token APIs with comparison to SPL.

Nullifier PDA

Prevent onchain instructions from being executed more than once.

For Wallets

Integration Guide

Guide for Wallet Applications to let users display and swap light-tokens.

Sign with Privy Wallets

Add light-tokens to Privy embedded wallets.

Sponsor Rent Top-Ups

Sponsor all gas costs with rent-free accounts for your users, and provide delightful UX.

Resources

Learn Core Concepts

Learn about the Light Token program and ZK Compression Core.

API Reference

TypeScript and Rust SDKs, Anchor constraints and JSON RPC methods.

Security Audits

View security audits and formal verification.

Introduction

Light Token Program

PDA Accounts

For DeFi

For Data Streaming

For Stablecoin Payments

For Wallets

For Other Use Cases

Learn

Resources

Token APIs

Light Token Program

PDA Accounts

Light PDA (New)

Compressed PDA

AI Native Development

AI Prompts

For DeFi

Program Integration

Router Integration

Pinocchio Programs

For Data Streaming

Mint Accounts

Token Accounts

For Stablecoin Payments

Integration Guide

Nullifier PDA

For Wallets

Integration Guide

Sign with Privy Wallets

Sponsor Rent Top-Ups

Resources

Learn Core Concepts

API Reference

Security Audits

Introduction

Light Token Program

PDA Accounts

For DeFi

For Data Streaming

For Stablecoin Payments

For Wallets

For Other Use Cases

Learn

Resources

Documentation Index

Token APIs

Light Token Program

PDA Accounts

Light PDA (New)

Compressed PDA

AI Native Development

AI Prompts

For DeFi

Program Integration

Router Integration

Pinocchio Programs

For Data Streaming

Mint Accounts

Token Accounts

For Stablecoin Payments

Integration Guide

Nullifier PDA

For Wallets

Integration Guide

Sign with Privy Wallets

Sponsor Rent Top-Ups

Resources

Learn Core Concepts

API Reference

Security Audits