XDP is going default in August. Mellanox is the move. Hosting costs are squeezing independent validators. This week's @solana validator Discord, distilled 👇 chainflowsol.substack.com/p/…

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Your delegation is a governance decision as much as a yield decision. Stake with an independent validator and you're signaling what you want the network to look like. solana.chainflow.io/staking 🌞 P.S. Concentrated stake = concentrated power

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From Tour de Sol to Alpenglow. We've been a consistent presence on @Solana's validator testnets since the beginning, Alpenglow is no different. Our validator on the cluster 👇 ag.validblocks.com/address/5…

We raised the validator set decline too, @Solana went from ~1,000 independent validators to ~700 in a year. If protocols can meaningfully add to validator revenue, that trend could reverse. More economics for the same work the network already depends on.

If this thread sparked your interest, enjoy the full conversation with @kdotcrypto from @bulktrade on X spaces here: x.com/ChainflowPOS/status/20…

We hosted an X Space with @bulktrade's founder @kdotcrypto last week. The conversation got into something most perp exchanges don't think about: what validators are actually owed by the protocols that run on their infrastructure. A few things worth sharing. 🧵

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GM. Be part of a $50,000,000,000 governance VOTE. 🗳️ Calling all @solana validators! We are running a test VOTE, now on v4.0. Go VOTE and get comfortable with the voting flow and lock down your security setup. There are some potentially SPICY votes coming up and you dont want to get left behind. 🌶️ Voting ends on epoch 982! ⏰ To vote via CLI, grab the repo here → github.com/solana-foundation… To vote via the frontend, head here → solana-governance.vercel.app… If you have any questions, please reach out here or in the Solana tech discord. NCN by @exo_tech_ and svmgov by @solanaturbine If you have any questions on governance there is an excellent breakpoint video discussing the current and proposed flow by @tushar_jain and @DrNickA Find it here -> youtube.com/watch?v=sZ7B8bm9…

This week on @solana: - XDP testing went mainnet - Operators built solanahcl.org - Metrics privacy concerns kept evolving - A critical @jito_sol bundle panic hit v4.1.0-beta.1 Subscribe for weekly Solana Validator summaries on our Substack 👇 chainflowsol.substack.com/p/…

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Solana Community Validator Call is tomorrow, Thursday May 28 at 2pm ET. On the agenda: @anza_xyz update, Firedancer update, @doublezero update, and an XDP update with Q&A Open to the public, we'll be there. Full agenda & meeting link can be found here: hackmd.io/1DFauFMWTZG37-U7CX…

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What does it look like when an exchange and its underlying infrastructure are economically aligned? @nicostery from Chainflow & @kdotcrypto from @bulktrade are sitting down to talk about that on X Spaces tomorrow, May 26. Set your reminders & tune in: x.com/i/spaces/1NGarraMYRrJj…

Turn notifications on. 🫡 Today’s Space is going to be a very important one for anyone paying attention to market structure, validator alignment and the future of onchain exchanges. May 26 - don’t miss it. @kdotcrypto x @ChainflowPOS