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.

Nakaflow now puts @Solana's Nakamoto Coefficient at 6. Not because the network changed, but because we changed how we count. Most trackers report ~18 by counting validators. Grouping them by the operator actually running them, building on @andreivacariu_'s research, gives 6 operators holding more than a third of stake. More NC data for proof-of-stake blockchains 👉 nakaflow.io

250ms slots activate at epoch 1037. Also this week: Two validators went offline this week while the validator process was completely healthy. Full breakdown 👇

BlockZero returns to London on November 15, part of @Solana Breakpoint community events. Details below👇

Almost 3 years later we're still running it, still finding the bugs, still think client diversity is worth the cost. 🌞

In epoch 1033, the SFDP bot hit a bug and unstaked Foundation stake from every validator running full Firedancer, including ours. That's the third issue we've run into since moving over. It's the cost of being early, and we'd make the same call again.

Our offline signer no longer needs durable nonce accounts. Replay protection is now a hashchain: each execute advances an on-chain seed via SHA-256. The cold wallet signs a 32-byte digest, never a full transaction. Unaudited soft launch on our Github 👇 github.com/ChainflowSOL/offl…

This week's Solana Validator talks is out. Full breakdown with linked sources is on Substack. The summary is here 👇

A delegation framework is a filter, not a leaderboard. Most stakers sort by yield and stop. However, the higher-leverage questions are elsewhere. Does this operator run their own hardware, or resell someone else's? What happens to their commission when rewards compress? Would the network be more or less concentrated with your stake there? The last one is the only question a leaderboard cannot answer. 🌞