Light Protocol Development Guide Build scalable, cost-efficient applications on Solana with Light Protocol - the infrastructure platform enabling rent-free tokens and accounts with L1 performance and security. Overview Light Protocol provides two complementary technologies: - ZK Compression : Create rent-free compressed tokens and PDAs using zero-knowledge proofs. Uses Merkle trees and validity proofs to store state efficiently. - Light Token Program : A high-performance token standard that reduces mint and token account costs by 200x compared to SPL tokens. Key Benefits | Benefit | Descripti…