Solana Gas Sponsorship: ZeroDev Brings Seamless UX to the SVM

Web3 has a "first five minutes" problem. You build a world-class DApp on Solana, your marketing hits the mark, and a user finally lands on your site—only to be told they need to go to a centralized exchange, buy SOL, and transfer it back just to click a button. That isn't a user journey; it’s a brick wall.

At Offchain Labs, we believe your headlines and your products should be bold, authoritative, and focused on builder velocity. Today, we are officially expanding the ZeroDev stack beyond the EVM. ZeroDev’s Solana Gas Sponsorship is live.

The End of Infrastructure Juggling

For too long, the industry has asked users to act like network engineers—juggling chains, bridging assets, and managing gas balances. If we want blockchain to reach its full potential, we must challenge perception and make interfaces feel inescapably normal—transforming technical friction into accelerated business flow.

By introducing our industry-leading paymaster logic to the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), we are eliminating technical friction for our audience. Developers can now sponsor transactions entirely, allowing users to interact with Solana-based apps without ever holding a single lamport of SOL.

Built for the Way You Actually Build

Generic tools often force you to choose between ease of use and technical flexibility. We don't believe in compromises. The ZeroDev Solana paymaster is engineered to be the most extensible foundation in the industry.

• Universal Compatibility: Whether your users are using a traditional wallet like Phantom or a complex multisig, you can pay their gas.
• PDA Support: We’ve optimized our infrastructure to work seamlessly with Program Derived Addresses (PDAs).
• Battle-Tested Logic: This isn't experimental; we’ve brought the same robust logic used by the world’s largest wallets to the SVM, specifically engineered for scale.

A Vision Beyond EVM

"ZeroDev aspires to be not just the best AA infra on EVM chains, but the best UX solution in web3 in general. This is why, starting this month, we are expanding our industry-leading gas sponsorship infra to Solana. Now, whether you are building for EVM chains or Solana, you can offer your users a powerful gasless transaction experience."

— Derek Chiang, Founder of ZeroDev

This expansion is more than a new feature; it’s a commitment to builder velocity. We are moving toward a unified experience where developers can build what they couldn't before, regardless of the underlying ecosystem.

FAQ: Solana Gas Sponsorship & UX

How does ZeroDev's Solana Gas Sponsorship work?

ZeroDev’s Solana Gas Sponsorship allows Solana-based applications to sponsor transaction fees for users. It works across traditional wallets like Phantom, multisigs, and Program Derived Addresses (PDAs) to eliminate the need for users to hold SOL.

Does ZeroDev sponsor gas for Solana PDAs (Program Derived Addresses)?

Yes, ZeroDev handles the infrastructure for both wallet accounts and PDAs. You can abstract 100% of network complexity with chain abstraction that works across every account type.

Can I use a Phantom wallet with ZeroDev's Solana paymaster?

Absolutely. No matter whether your users are using a traditional wallet like Phantom or a multisig, you can pay gas for them using the ZeroDev Solana paymaster.

Trading Technical Friction for Business Flow

In the boardroom, the only metric that matters is growth. In the sandbox, it’s about how fast you can ship. ZeroDev bridges that gap by providing technical conviction through specific features that accelerate your roadmap.

By eliminating gas friction, you aren't just making a "nicer" app. You are removing the primary reason users churn in those first five minutes. We handle the routes, the paymasters, and the balances behind the scenes so you can focus on your product.

Ready to eliminate friction?

Read the docs here.

Sign up for ZeroDev and start sponsoring gas today.