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# Anchor for EVM Developers

I recently started learning how to write Solana programs and much to my surprise it is very different from writing smart contracts on EVM. There are many Solana tutorials out there but nothing that quickly bridges an EVM developer's knowledge to Solana,  so I created this guide.

This guide is inspired by [Solidity by Example](https://solidity-by-example.org/). It is light on texts and heavy on code. Experienced EVM developers should be able to just read the code and understand what's going on.

This is a WIP, feel free to DM me on Twitter @0xkowloon if I should be adding anything!


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