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# Solana Contract deployers Methodology

## 1. Overview

Contract deployers measures the number of unique accounts that have deployed at least one program on Solana. It serves as a proxy for the number of independent developers or entities that actively publish executable code on-chain. This metric is used to track developer adoption and the growth of the Solana ecosystem by identifying the unique originators of new programs.

## 2. Data sources

- **Blockchain events**: `DeployWithMaxDataLen` instructions from the `BPF Loader Upgradeable` program, covering Solana

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Program deployment extraction

- **Purpose**: Identify the creation of new programs on the network.
- **Logic**: `DeployWithMaxDataLen` instructions are parsed from the `BPF Loader Upgradeable` program. These instructions are filtered to capture the initialization of new upgradeable programs, which represents the standard deployment method for modern Solana programs.
- **Key fields**: `block_timestamp`, `transaction_signer`, `program`

### Component B: Deployer account identification

- **Purpose**: Determine the unique entities responsible for publishing code.
- **Logic**: The `transaction_signer` of each identified deployment instruction is designated as the deployer account. A distinct count of these accounts is performed to ensure each developer or entity is only counted once within the specified time period, regardless of how many individual programs were deployed.
- **Key fields**: `deployer_address` (derived from `transaction_signer`)

### Component C: Daily aggregation and zero-filling

- **Purpose**: Format the data into a standardized daily time series.
- **Logic**: The unique count of deployer accounts is aggregated based on the UTC day of the block timestamp. For days where no `DeployWithMaxDataLen` instructions are recorded, the metric is zero-filled to ensure a continuous daily record of activity.
- **Key fields**: `timestamp` (UTC day), `contract_deployers` (distinct count)

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

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