Alpenglow went live on Wednesday, Oct 21 at slot 459653000. 446 validators in the genesis vote. One bug at the first epoch boundary, fixed in Agave PR 16302. Here’s what changed for operators 👇
400 → 350 → 300 → 250 → 200ms
Solana’s slot-time cuts are done, epochs are now ~26 hours. Next: Alpenglow at epoch 1064.
Full breakdown in this week’s Solana Validator Talks 👇
If the only place you learn about your validator is a Discord thread, you’ll miss it. This week’s Solana Validator Talks 👇
From vote inclusion bugs to identity compromises: A look at the operational challenges Solana validators faced this week.
The first contested vote under Solana's new governance system. Under one Abstain rule, SGP-003 passed. Under the other, it failed. Also this week: 250ms slots, shorter delinquency windows, and Alpenglow moving to October.
Most LSTs stack fees: the pool takes one, the validator takes another.
chainSOL doesn't. We return 100% of our commission and MEV to holders, every epoch, on-chain.
250ms slots activate at epoch 1037.
Also this week: Two validators went offline this week while the validator process was completely healthy.
Full breakdown 👇
This week's Solana Validator talks is out. Full breakdown with linked sources is on Substack.
The summary is here 👇
Late, but worth it.
Solana's first governance round: SGP-0002 passed by 0.33%. The proposal defining the governance framework was still pending while proposals ran under it.
Full breakdown available on Substack, the link is in the article👇
Frankendancer's end of life is confirmed: retired at Alpenglow activation.
Also this week: abstaining on SGP-0001 functions as a no, worth knowing before you vote.
Summary here 👇 Full breakdown on Substack.
A busy week for Solana validators.
TeraSwitch took ~30% of stake offline, recovery took 40 minutes.
Alpenglow targets Sept 21 mainnet, audits concluded.
SGP-2 and SGP-3 go to a vote Aug 23.
The summary is here👇 The full breakdown - on our Substack 🔔
