Orca
AuditedVerifiedProfitableOrca is a UX-focused Solana AMM and the home of Whirlpools — one of Solana's leading concentrated-liquidity DEX products, live since 2021 with zero exploit history.
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The Problem
Early Solana AMMs offered poor UX, low capital efficiency, and limited tooling for liquidity providers, fragmenting volume across many shallow pools.
The Solution
Orca delivers a clean, retail-friendly DEX backed by Whirlpools — a concentrated-liquidity AMM that lets LPs deploy capital within chosen price ranges, dramatically improving fee yields versus constant-product pools.
Why it Matters
Whirlpools is among the most-routed CLMM venues on Solana, with deep integration in Jupiter routing and a 4+ year clean security track record across LUNA, FTX, and multiple Solana outages.
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What is Orca?+
Orca is a DEX protocol operating on Solana, Eclipse. Orca is a UX-focused Solana AMM and the home of Whirlpools — one of Solana's leading concentrated-liquidity DEX products, live since 2021 with zero exploit history.
How does Orca work?+
Orca delivers a clean, retail-friendly DEX backed by Whirlpools — a concentrated-liquidity AMM that lets LPs deploy capital within chosen price ranges, dramatically improving fee yields versus constant-product pools.
Is Orca safe?+
DeFi Sentinel rates Orca AAA with a safety score of 94/100, indicating highest safety tier. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Orca has 5 audits on record. DeFi Sentinel's analysis flagged 3 medium, 1 low risk alerts across Smart Contract & Technical Risk, Economic Design & Market Risk, Governance & Centralization and Sustainability & Competitive Position. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
What is the safety score of Orca?+
Orca has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 94/100 (rating AAA), last updated September 16, 2026. The score is computed across smart contract & technical risk (30%), economic design & market risk (25%), governance & centralization (20%), sustainability & competitive position (15%), and reputation & social trust (10%).
Which chains does Orca support?+
Orca is deployed on Solana, Eclipse.
Has Orca been audited?+
Yes. Orca has 5 audit reports on record from firms including Neodyme, OtterSec, Sec3. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.