BAM 101

​What is BAM? BAM is Solana’s next-generation block-building architecture that introduces transaction privacy, verifiability, and programmable blockspace through Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).

​What You’ll Learn:

• ​How BAM separates sequencing (BAM Nodes) from execution (Validators)

• ​Transaction flow: from submission through TEE-secured ordering to execution

• ​Real-world applications: Just-in-time oracle updates, maker priority, dark pools

• ​The Plugin ecosystem and new revenue opportunities for developers

• ​Cryptographic attestations and the public audit trail

​Why It Matters: BAM enables application-controlled execution (ACE), reduces negative MEV through privacy, and unlocks DeFi primitives that weren’t possible before—positioning Solana as the decentralized NASDAQ.

​Reading Materials:

• ​Primary: https://bam.dev/blog/introducing-bam/

• ​Whiteboard Series: https://www.youtube.com/@jito-labs (BAM explainer videos)

• ​https://x.com/akshatwts/status/1949726379794440213?s=46

​Prerequisites: Basic understanding of blockchain transactions and Solana fundamentals