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[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

📽️ Solana Changelog: November 5 w/
@readylayerone

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

https://t.co/davOdqDh97

[Range @range_org]

👾 Solana Defenders is live on the @solana Breakpoint badge App Store.

Shoot the Wormhole hacker, Bybit hacker, rug pull devs and DPRK wallets. Lazarus is the boss.

Post your high score and tag @range_org. Top score each day wins !LAMPs.

🇬🇧 In London? Join us the night before Breakpoint, Sat 14 Nov.

Install the game: https://t.co/7KgYBZgMZg

Riserva event: https://t.co/ShOD7aZiK4

[Jonas Hahn @SolPlay_jonas]

Direct mapping will come to mainnet soon. Make sure to test all you programs with the feature virtual_address_space_adjustments enabled. Either locally or against devnet. Some programs still have some divergence.

https://t.co/x0EHNuv1WX

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

Can you imagine?

[ludo @ludo_txtx]

imagine 75 developers all picking the same week (we're interim, not just retarded) for releasing major products and features.
so excited for this.

the incoming week is going to be a cacophony of releases, all pushing the full @solana ecosystem forward.

we should have enough content for daily digests...

👀 @readylayerone

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

Solana Privacy Rings.

Build private apps using encrypted onchain balances on Solana.

[Helius @Helius]

Today, Solana changes forever

Introducing Solana Privacy Rings - encryption at the speed of Solana

Rings are programmable, onchain environments for encrypting money, markets, and finance - without ever leaving Solana

Now live on mainnet.

[Jacob Creech @jacobvcreech]

Let's address a lot of the concerns over the recent SFDP changes.

First, what were the changes?

- 12-month time within SFDP
- Auto-graduation at 300k SOL
- 100 Validator max
- Run your own validator

These changes, as expected, were controversial. There are a lot of assumptions on where this stake will be going after the changes are in place.

The job of SFDP has been three-fold:
1. Help bootstrap net new validators
2. Provide a healthy testnet
3. Get some validators testing changes early

SFDP has done its job. Testnet exists, validators often find issues early, and a large amount of validators have started from SFDP.

Solana is much larger now than when SFDP started. Solana's validator set has matured significantly, has an amazing community, and encounters new challenges that were never conceived of in the beginning.

We've had a lot of feedback that SFDP is no longer reactive enough nor provides enough criteria given the ever-changing landscape of Solana. This feedback is heard and leads us to the next stage of delegation with a focus on continuing to improve network health and rewarding ecosystem contributors.

SFDP will continue to exist for the newer validators and validators that contribute greatly to network health should also be rewarded. We have historically helped fund huge ecosystem contributors such as Blueshift through delegation outside of SFDP. We delegated to a number of validators that tried Frankendancer first. These among many other delegations are success stories that have both pushed Solana to new heights as well as helped improve network health.

We're making a bet that we can be more proactive to future network health concerns, be more reactive to new issues, and help push Solana into this next stage with these changes.

If you have feedback on these changes, please let me know. SFDP helped us get to where we are today. These changes are about getting to what comes next.

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

There’s never been a better time to build on Solana.

Here are some ideas to get you started:
https://t.co/C9PxIKlDCx

[Solana @solana]

We asked people shaping the ecosystem one question:

What would you build now?

Introducing Solana’s Request for Startups.

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

Big things are happening at Scale or Die.

[Roger Wattenhofer @TheWattenhofer]

It's time for the next big thing!

I'll be presenting Spectral, the biggest Solana protocol update since Alpenglow!

Scale or Die, Saturday Nov 14, 4:35 PM.

Experience Spectral first-hand! 🎉🪩🍾

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

Big week.

[Solana @solana]

Big week in London 🇬🇧

Hacker House, Nov 1–12
Demo Day, Nov 12
Solana Intelligence Summit, Nov 13
Community Awards, Nov 13
200ms, Nov 13
Solana Ecosystem Call | London Special, Nov 13
Scale or Die, Nov 14
Frontier Traders: Grand Final, Nov 14
BlockZero, Nov 15

then Breakpoint.

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

If you’re at the @hackerhouses London, or planning to come next week, make sure to connect with the @SolanaFndn DevRel team.

[Solana @solana]

Inside @hackerhouses London with @brimigs. Builders, workshops, and a room full of people shipping on Solana.

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

🙌

[Ichigo | helius.dev @0xIchigo]

I built Watchtower: a free, open-source security monitor for Solana programs

Point it at a program, and it grades your security, then alerts on admin calls, multisig proposals, and upgrades in real time

Built on @Helius Parsed Events + Parsed Streams

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

@waylearnlatam Vamos!

[WayLearn @waylearnlatam]

Devs, ¡el journey continúa!

¿Ya conoces Solana y quieres llevar tus habilidades más allá?

Es momento de dar el siguiente paso con el Advanced Bootcamp de Solana Engineering Track junto a @solana_devs . 🛠️

💻 Inscríbete y sigue construyendo: https://t.co/wjjPqbMhCV

[Cat McGee @catmcgee]

Generate your Breakpoint agenda based on your interests and set it as your lock screen
https://t.co/slN95qUNFH

[Jacob Creech @jacobvcreech]

Security is every app's top priority right now

What do Solana apps have available to them today?

1. STRIDE - Free proactive security review available for any project on Solana. STRIDE has helped many project harden their internal security - Request an assessment https://t.co/gdcdF2wETh
2. SIRN - For incident response, SIRN can be used by any Solana protocol to help contain and manage any issues.

Being secure and being able to adapt is an edge in this market.

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

Builders have already added 20+ apps to the Breakpoint badge app store (without even holding the badges yet).

Build something and ship it before Breakpoint: https://t.co/uvLd4fD76y

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

Introducing the Solana BP Badge, a devkit for learning about and exploring Solana by building apps, playing with hardware, and winning prizes.

Watch @spacemandev explain it here, and check out more at https://t.co/uvLd4fD76y

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

Validator operators take note. Upgrade now.

[Anza @anza_xyz]

🚨 Mainnet-beta validators: URGENT UPGRADE to Agave 4.4.1 is recommended or you will be forked off.

It applies a minimum loaded data size to loader-v3 ProgramData accounts. Nodes without the patch are planned to fork off at epoch 1079, Nov 6 at ~13:30 UTC. Upgrade now and monitor your node.

https://t.co/rWnYwb5F52

[Solana Developers @solana_devs]

https://t.co/davOdqDh97

[brimigs @brimigs]

📍London @hackerhouses 🇬🇧

[brimigs @brimigs]

gm, if youre looking for an industry to motivate and inspire you, pivot to solana

a lot of builders came to London early for breakpoint to spend two weeks learning and creating together