MagicBlock Ephemeral Rollups Guide

A comprehensive guide for building high-performance Solana applications with MagicBlock Ephemeral Rollups - enabling sub-10ms latency and gasless transactions.

Overview

MagicBlock Ephemeral Rollups (ER) are specialized SVM runtimes that enhance Solana with:

• Sub-10ms latency (vs ~400ms on base Solana)
• Gasless transactions for seamless UX
• Full composability with existing Solana programs
• Horizontal scaling via on-demand rollups

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      Your Application                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Base Layer (Solana)          │  Ephemeral Rollup (ER)      │
│  - Initialize accounts        │  - Execute operations       │
│  - Delegate accounts          │  - Process at ~10-50ms      │
│  - Final state commits        │  - Zero gas fees            │
│  - ~400ms finality            │  - Commit state to Solana   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Core Flow

1. Initialize - Create accounts on Solana base layer
2. Delegate - Transfer account ownership to delegation program
3. Execute - Run fast operations on Ephemeral Rollup
4. Commit - Sync state back to base layer
5. Undelegate - Return ownership to your program

Prerequisites

# Required versions
Solana: 2.3.13
Rust: 1.85.0
Anchor: 0.32.1
Node: 24.10.0

# Install Anchor (if needed)
cargo install --git https://github.com/coral-xyz/anchor anchor-cli

Quick Start

1. Add Dependencies (Cargo.toml)

[dependencies]
anchor-lang = "0.32.1"
ephemeral-rollups-sdk = { version = "0.6.5", features = ["anchor", "disable-realloc"] }

2. Program Setup (lib.rs)

use anchor_lang::prelude::*;
use ephemeral_rollups_sdk::anchor::{delegate_account, commit_accounts, ephemeral};
use ephemeral_rollups_sdk::cpi::DelegationProgram;

declare_id!("YourProgramId111111111111111111111111111111");

#[ephemeral]  // Required: enables ER support
#[program]
pub mod my_program {
    use super::*;

    pub fn initialize(ctx: Context<Initialize>) -> Result<()> {
        ctx.accounts.state.value = 0;
        Ok(())
    }

    #[delegate]  // Auto-injects delegation accounts
    pub fn delegate(ctx: Context<Delegate>) -> Result<()> {
        Ok(())
    }

    pub fn increment(ctx: Context<Update>) -> Result<()> {
        ctx.accounts.state.value += 1;
        Ok(())
    }

    #[commit]  // Auto-injects commit accounts
    pub fn undelegate(ctx: Context<Undelegate>) -> Result<()> {
        Ok(())
    }
}

3. TypeScript Client Setup

import { Connection, PublicKey } from "@solana/web3.js";
import { AnchorProvider, Program } from "@coral-xyz/anchor";
import { DELEGATION_PROGRAM_ID } from "@magicblock-labs/ephemeral-rollups-sdk";

// CRITICAL: Separate connections for each layer
const baseConnection = new Connection("https://api.devnet.solana.com");
const erConnection = new Connection("https://devnet.magicblock.app");

// Create providers
const baseProvider = new AnchorProvider(baseConnection, wallet, { commitment: "confirmed" });
const erProvider = new AnchorProvider(erConnection, wallet, {
  commitment: "confirmed",
  skipPreflight: true,  // Required for ER
});

// Check delegation status
async function isDelegated(pubkey: PublicKey): Promise<boolean> {
  const info = await baseConnection.getAccountInfo(pubkey);
  return info?.owner.equals(DELEGATION_PROGRAM_ID) ?? false;
}

Key Concepts

Delegation

Delegation transfers PDA ownership to the delegation program, allowing the Ephemeral Validator to process transactions.

#[derive(Accounts)]
pub struct Delegate<'info> {
    #[account(mut)]
    pub payer: Signer<'info>,
    /// CHECK: Will be delegated
    #[account(mut, del)]  // 'del' marks for delegation
    pub state: AccountInfo<'info>,
    pub delegation_program: Program<'info, DelegationProgram>,
}

Commit

Commits update PDA state from ER to base layer without undelegating.

use ephemeral_rollups_sdk::anchor::commit_accounts;

pub fn commit(ctx: Context<Commit>) -> Result<()> {
    commit_accounts(
        &ctx.accounts.payer,
        vec![&ctx.accounts.state.to_account_info()],
        &ctx.accounts.magic_context,
        &ctx.accounts.magic_program,
    )?;
    Ok(())
}

Undelegation

Returns PDA ownership to your program while committing final state.

#[commit]  // Handles commit + undelegate
pub fn undelegate(ctx: Context<Undelegate>) -> Result<()> {
    Ok(())
}

ER Validators (Devnet)

Magic Router (auto-selects best): https://devnet-router.magicblock.app

Critical Rules

DO:

• Maintain separate connections for base layer and ER
• Use skipPreflight: true for all ER transactions
• Verify delegation status before sending to ER
• Use AccountInfo for delegated accounts in Rust
• Match PDA seeds exactly between Rust and TypeScript

DON'T:

• Send delegated account operations to base layer
• Mix base layer and ER operations in single transaction
• Assume account ownership without checking
• Skip commitment verification before base layer reads

Products

Solana Plugins (New)

Solana Plugins are modular capabilities that can be added to your dApp to extend what's possible on Solana. Think of them as your custom toolkit: plug in what you need, when you need it.

Available Plugins

Using VRF Plugin

import { requestRandomness, getRandomnessResult } from "@magicblock-labs/vrf-sdk";

// Request randomness
const requestTx = await requestRandomness({
  payer: wallet.publicKey,
  seed: Buffer.from("my_game_seed"),
});

// Get result after confirmation
const result = await getRandomnessResult(requestId);
console.log("Random value:", result.randomness);

Privacy with Intel TDX

MagicBlock enables privacy in any Solana program state account through Ephemeral Rollups running in Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) on Intel TDX. This allows:

• Private computation without exposing state
• Verifiable execution guarantees
• Selective disclosure of results

Resources

• Documentation: https://docs.magicblock.gg
• GitHub: https://github.com/magicblock-labs
• Examples: https://github.com/magicblock-labs/magicblock-engine-examples
• Starter Kits: https://github.com/magicblock-labs/starter-kits
• BOLT Book: https://book.boltengine.gg
• Discord: Join for testnet access

Skill Structure

magicblock/
├── SKILL.md                          # This file
├── resources/
│   ├── api-reference.md              # Complete API reference
│   └── program-ids.md                # All program IDs and constants
├── examples/
│   ├── anchor-counter/README.md      # Basic counter with delegation
│   ├── delegation-flow/README.md     # Full delegation lifecycle
│   ├── vrf-randomness/README.md      # VRF integration
│   └── crank-automation/README.md    # Scheduled tasks
├── templates/
│   ├── program-template.rs           # Rust program starter
│   └── client-template.ts            # TypeScript client starter
└── docs/
    ├── advanced-patterns.md          # Complex patterns
    └── troubleshooting.md            # Common issues