For half a decade, solana/web3.js has been how developers, apps and users interact with Solana. Today, we're giving it the upgrade it always deserved: Web3.js 3.0. A package with the API you already know, rebuilt from the ground up on Kit.

Kit got the internals right: modular, tree-shakeable, properly typed, smaller bundles, and fast enough to finally keep pace with the protocol. The catch was that adopting it meant relearning everything and rewriting code that already worked.

So we asked the obvious question: why are Web3.js and Kit two separate things? Web3.js had the API everyone wanted. Kit had the internals everyone needed. Web3.js 3.0 is both: Kit internals with the interface you already know on top.

That means smaller bundles, a leaner dependency tree, better performance, and a library caught back up to the protocol. Everything without a community-wide rewrite and a simple version bump.

This is the convergence point for Solana's TypeScript ecosystem: Kit as the foundation, Web3.js as the front door. Thanks to @dhkleung and @a_milz for the hard work! If you want to read more about it:

ai slop. that guys isn't real

bring back dean live classes

hell yeah

This is huge for @solana devs! Lfg. Will be using it

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@Vinayapr23 imo, @deanmlittle should do more videos 👀 Great job btw, this is critically needed 🤝

Massive win. Thank you guys. The Kit stuff was such a pain even though it was better. 🤝

half a decade is old? WOW web3js 1.xx is just jester af now, web3js 3.0 releaseCanidateMoggs so hard

web3.0.js

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Hey @_VeliUysal , @berkaiz , @WhiteMoonDev , we need a new Worksop ☝️

👀

LFG

Good updates, gonna go heads down updating everything now :D

Blueshift single handedly pushing DX to it's best

Long overdue fix. Thanks!

can we get anchor v1.1 or something with this

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Energy 💪🏼💪🏼

I thought this was an April fool's joke because it was one of those things that of you desperately want but you know it isn't... real...???

🔥🔥🔥

Legendary

@tracy_codes @maxekaplan @redacted_noah

Whoah, would try it out 🔥

Okay okay 👀

@0x_arthurbretas fire 🔥

Cracks

blueshift making shift on solana 🔥 (nothing new 🗿)

lessgooo, goat

Web3 js finally getting rebuild.

Huge work from blueshift

Just fully migrated to Kit...