# Welcome to BAM Community Forum!

**URL:** <https://forum.bam.dev/t/welcome-to-bam-community-forum/17>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [July 30, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.bam.dev/t/welcome-to-bam-community-forum/17 "2025-07-30T23:22:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![alejandro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@alejandro](https://forum.bam.dev/u/alejandro)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.bam.dev/t/welcome-to-bam-community-forum/17/1 "2025-07-30T23:22:05Z")

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Hey everyone! Welcome to the official BAM (Blockspace Assembly Markets) community forum.

## What is BAM?

BAM is a next-generation transaction scheduling system for Solana that separates transaction ordering from validation. Here’s what makes it unique:

- **Privacy-Preserving TEEs** : Transactions are scheduled in AMD SEV-SNP secure hardware, preventing front-running

- **Verifiable Scheduling** : Cryptographic attestations prove honest execution within secure enclaves

- **Flexible Validator Modes** : Switch dynamically between Normal Agave, Block-Engine (Jito MEV), and BAM modes

- **FIFO Execution** : In BAM mode, validators execute transactions in strict order without reordering

## What’s This Forum For?

This is your space to:

- 🔧 Discuss BAM integration and technical implementation

- 📊 Share experiences with transaction scheduling optimization

- ❓ Get technical support from the BAM team and community

- 🤝 Connect with other validators and node operators

- 💡 Propose improvements to the BAM ecosystem

## Getting Started

1. Check out our [Forum Guidelines](https://forum.bam.dev/t/bam-community-forum-guidelines)

2. Read the [BAM Technical Overview](https://bam.dev/wtf)

## Important Links

- 🌐 [BAM Website](https://bam.dev/)

- 📰 [BAM Announcement Blogpost](https://bam.dev/blog/introducing-bam/)

Looking forward to building the future of Solana transaction scheduling together!

- The BAM Team

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**Author:** ![alejandro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@alejandro](https://forum.bam.dev/u/alejandro)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.bam.dev/t/welcome-to-bam-community-forum/17/2 "2025-07-30T23:22:35Z")

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