diff --git a/examples/oft-solana/README.md b/examples/oft-solana/README.md
index 3e767ca57..89ae03ff3 100644
--- a/examples/oft-solana/README.md
+++ b/examples/oft-solana/README.md
@@ -79,29 +79,9 @@ We recommend that you request 5 devnet SOL, which should be sufficient for this
 cp .env.example .env
 ```
 
-In the `.env` just created, set `SOLANA_PRIVATE_KEY` to your private key value in base58 format. Since the locally stored keypair is in an integer array format, we'd need to encode it into base58 first. You can create a temporary script called `getBase58Pk.js` in your project root with the following contents:
+In the `.env` just created, set `SOLANA_PRIVATE_KEY` to your private key value in base58 format. Since the locally stored keypair is in an integer array format, we'd need to encode it into base58 first.
 
-<details>
-  <summary> View `getBase58Pk.js` script </summary>
-
-```js
-import fs from "fs";
-import { Keypair } from "@solana/web3.js";
-import bs58 from "bs58";
-
-const keypairFilePath = `<KEYPAIR_FILE_PATH_HERE>`; // you can view this by running `solana config get`
-
-const data = fs.readFileSync(keypairFilePath, "utf8");
-const keypairJson = JSON.parse(data);
-const keypair = Keypair.fromSecretKey(Uint8Array.from(keypairJson));
-const base58EncodedPrivateKey = bs58.encode(keypair.secretKey);
-
-console.log(base58EncodedPrivateKey);
-```
-
-Then, run `node getBase58Pk.js`
-
-</details>
+You can run the `npx hardhat lz:solana:base-58` to output your private key in base58 format. Optionally, pass in a value for the `--keypair-file` flag if you want to use the keypair other than the default at `~/.config/solana.id.json`
 
 Also set the `RPC_URL_SOLANA_TESTNET` value. Note that while the naming used here is `TESTNET`, it refers to the [Solana Devnet](https://docs.layerzero.network/v2/developers/evm/technical-reference/deployed-contracts#solana-testnet). We use `TESTNET` to keep it consistent with the existing EVM testnets.
 
diff --git a/examples/oft-solana/hardhat.config.ts b/examples/oft-solana/hardhat.config.ts
index 4653a746f..e298b44c3 100644
--- a/examples/oft-solana/hardhat.config.ts
+++ b/examples/oft-solana/hardhat.config.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const config: HardhatUserConfig = {
     networks: {
         'sepolia-testnet': {
             eid: EndpointId.SEPOLIA_V2_TESTNET,
-            url: process.env.RPC_URL_SEPOLIA || 'https://rpc.sepolia.org/',
+            url: process.env.RPC_URL_SEPOLIA || 'https://gateway.tenderly.co/public/sepolia',
             accounts,
         },
         hardhat: {
diff --git a/examples/oft-solana/tasks/index.ts b/examples/oft-solana/tasks/index.ts
index 30d3f0c4a..9008859b3 100644
--- a/examples/oft-solana/tasks/index.ts
+++ b/examples/oft-solana/tasks/index.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ import './solana/createOFTAdapter'
 import './solana/sendOFT'
 import './solana/setAuthority'
 import './solana/getPrioFees'
+import './solana/base58'
 import './solana/setInboundRateLimit'
 import './solana/setOutboundRateLimit'
diff --git a/examples/oft-solana/tasks/solana/base58.ts b/examples/oft-solana/tasks/solana/base58.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e4191c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/oft-solana/tasks/solana/base58.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import assert from 'assert'
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+
+import { Keypair } from '@solana/web3.js'
+import bs58 from 'bs58'
+import { task } from 'hardhat/config'
+
+import { types as devtoolsTypes } from '@layerzerolabs/devtools-evm-hardhat'
+
+interface Base58FeesTaskArgs {
+    /**
+     * The path to the keypair file to be used.
+     */
+    keypairFile: string
+}
+
+assert(process.env.HOME != undefined, 'process.env.HOME needs to be defined')
+
+const defaultKeypairFile = path.resolve(process.env.HOME, '.config/solana/id.json')
+
+task('lz:solana:base-58', 'Outputs the base58 string for a keypair')
+    .addParam(
+        'keypairFile',
+        'The path to the keypair file to be used. Defaults to ~/.config/solana/id.json',
+        defaultKeypairFile,
+        devtoolsTypes.string
+    )
+    .setAction(async ({ keypairFile }: Base58FeesTaskArgs) => {
+        assert(fs.existsSync(keypairFile), `Keypair file not found: ${keypairFile}`)
+        const data = fs.readFileSync(keypairFile, 'utf8')
+        const keypairJson = JSON.parse(data)
+        const keypair = Keypair.fromSecretKey(Uint8Array.from(keypairJson))
+        const base58EncodedPrivateKey = bs58.encode(keypair.secretKey)
+        console.log(base58EncodedPrivateKey)
+    })