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The Agave 3.1.8 release or the Firedancer 0.811.30108 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet validators.
Please upgrade when there is less than 5% delinquent stake.
1/ Agave 4.0 is now recommended for mainnet validators. XDP for Turbine, QUIC-only TPU ingestion, faster replay stage, and a long list of feature-gated SIMDs activating during the cycle. Here's what's changing 🧵
URGENT RELEASE: The v3.0.14 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet-Beta validators.
This release contains a critical set of patches and should be applied to staked and unstaked Mainnet-Beta validators.
The Agave 3.0.6 release or the Firedancer 0.712.30006 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet-Beta validators.
Please upgrade when there is less than 5% delinquent stake.
Validators: We would like to see 25% of Mainnet-Beta stake adopt Agave v3.0.6. Please upgrade if:
- You can actively monitor your node
- <25% of stake is on v3.0.*
- <5% of stake is delinquent
https://t.co/2EmcyKHuen
Validators: We would like to see 10% of Mainnet-Beta stake adopt Agave v3.0.6. This version fixes a vote latency degradation in v3.0.4. Please upgrade if:
- You can actively monitor your node
- <10% of stake is on v3.0.*
- <5% of stake is delinquent
https://t.co/2EmcyKHuen
The community governance process for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow is complete. The proposal has passed:
98.27% voted Yes
1.05% voted No
0.69% voted Abstain
52% of stake cast a vote
The Solana community voting process has begun for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow. The vote will take place from epoch 840 until the end of epoch 842. Validator operators should follow voting instructions here: https://t.co/81J3OGpoCP
Operators are advised to verify stake weights here: https://t.co/81J3OGpoCP before the start of epoch 840. Voting begins at the start of epoch 840. Voting completes at the end of epoch 842.
The Solana community governance process has begun for SIMD 326 - Alpenglow. Alpenglow is a new consensus algorithm that hopes to achieve 150ms finality on proposed blocks.
The Solana community governance process has begun for SIMD 326 - Alpenglow. Alpenglow is a new consensus algorithm that hopes to achieve 150ms finality on proposed blocks.
Timeline:
Epoch 833 - 838 (approximately 2 weeks): proposal discussion period
Epoch 839: Validator stake weights captured and verified by the community
Epoch 840 - 842 (approximately a week): Voting tokens available to claim and cast votes. Voting completes at the end of epoch 842