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What is Yellowstone gRPC?

Yellowstone gRPC is an open-source interface for streaming Solana validator data through a Geyser-based plugin. Applications subscribe to filtered updates such as accounts, transactions, slots, and blocks using gRPC rather than repeatedly polling an RPC endpoint.

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How does Yellowstone gRPC work?

A validator plugin publishes updates and a client sets subscription filters and commitment preferences. The client decodes events and maintains the state needed by its application.

What should trading bot developers know about Yellowstone gRPC?

The interface is not a guarantee of a particular latency or complete delivery during disconnects. Commitment, provider configuration, buffering, filtering, and recovery behavior affect the data observed.

Sources & further reading

Definitions are editorial summaries of the sources below. Protocol behavior and provider policies can change; consult the linked documentation for implementation details.