On Solana, we often say that everything is an account. Threads are no different. A thread account simply holds the on-chain state needed to schedule and execute a series of static and/or dynamic instructions on Solana.
pubstructThread {/// The owner of this thread.pub authority:Pubkey,/// The bump, used for PDA validation.pub bump:u8,/// The cluster clock at the moment the thread was created.pub created_at:ClockData,/// The context of the thread's current execution state.pub exec_context:Option<ExecContext>,/// The number of lamports to payout to workers per execution.pub fee:u64,/// The id of the thread, given by the authority.pub id:Vec<u8>,/// The instructions to be executed.pub instructions:Vec<SerializableInstruction>,/// The name of the thread.pub name:String,/// The next instruction to be executed.pub next_instruction:Option<SerializableInstruction>,/// Whether or not the thread is currently paused.pub paused:bool,/// The maximum number of execs allowed per slot.pub rate_limit:u64,/// The triggering event to kickoff a thread.pub trigger:Trigger,}
