How did October go for @solana validators? Let's dive in 👇 x.com/i/article/2118…

Attention, #Solana node operators! Urgent security upgrade: Agave v4.4.1 / Jito v4.4.1-jito / Firedancer v26.10.6. Unpatched nodes will be forked off at epoch 1079 (~Nov 6, 13:30 UTC), in about 3 hours.

Release: github.com/anza-xyz/agave…

BIG day for #Solana! Alpenglow is live on mainnet 🏔️ Finalization takes ~210ms instead of ~7 seconds and votes are now off-chain. Watch history being made in real time: validator.info/solana

Validator performance metrics in real-time 👀👇

Alpenglow incoming. Halloween soon. #Solana is talking to us. 666 active validators. 13 delinquent. Boo 🎃

Attention, @txEcosystem validators! #TX mainnet is scheduled to be upgraded to v8.0.0. Please update your nodes at block height 90,850,000 (approximately October 20th, 2026, at 11:45 UTC).

Github: github.com/tokenize-x/tx-…

Attention, #HAQQ validators! HAQQ Network mainnet is scheduled to be upgraded to v1.9.6 today. Please update your nodes at block height 22,859,000 (approximately October 19th, 2026, at 11:40 UTC)

Release: github.com/haqq-network/h…

111 #Solana validators hold under 0.82 SOL in their vote account ⚠️ From epoch 1064 (approx. October 21) that is the minimum for the Alpenglow VAT, charged every epoch. Below it, a validator is excluded from the voter set.

Full list: validator.info/solana?isVoteB…

Attention, #dYdX validators! dYdX Chain is scheduled to be upgraded to v9.8.0, a security release. Please update your nodes at block height 109,170,000 (approximately October 13th at 00:00 UTC).

More details: dydx.forum/t/drc-proposal…

A Solana epoch is now 26 hours instead of 32 and slot times are down to ~200ms ⏱️ The final stage of SIMD-0525 took effect at epoch 1053 today. Alpenglow incoming ⛰️🔜

Track slot time: validator.info/solana/slots

Adoption of @jump_firedancer continues to grow on #Solana, with its stake share rising from 3.42% to 6.62% between epochs 1050 and 1052. 18 validators now run full Firedancer 🔥💃

Full list: validator.info/solana?client=…

New on Validator Info: #Solana validator page now shows the all ports including tpu_vote_quic.
It is the one port getClusterNodes doesn't return, so we take it straight from gossip.

Check it out: validator.info/solana

How September went for the @solana network. Dive in 👇 x.com/i/article/2108…

The final stage of SIMD-0525 activates on #Solana mainnet at the epoch 1052 boundary (approx. October 8, 06:30 UTC) 📉 Target slot time drops from 250ms to 200ms, in effect from epoch 1053.

validator.info/solana

Epoch 1044: Top-20 #Solana validators by TVC.

❕ Less missed credits = better performance.

Leading infrastructure providers:
🥇 Allnodes – 8 validators
🥈 DedicatedNodes – 5 validators
🥉 Vorboss – 2 validators

Full leaderboard: validator.info/solana/leaderb…

Epoch 1043: Top-20 #Solana validators by TVC.

❕ Less missed credits = better performance.

Leading infrastructure providers:
🥇 Allnodes – 8 validators
🥈 DedicatedNodes – 4 validators
🥉 Cogent – 2 validators

Full leaderboard: validator.info/solana/leaderb…

Epoch 1042: Top-20 #Solana validators by TVC.

❕ Less missed credits = better performance.

Leading infrastructure providers:
🥇 Allnodes – 7 validators
🥈 DedicatedNodes – 5 validators
🥉 Cogent – 2 validators

Full leaderboard: validator.info/solana/leaderb…

Epoch 1041: Top-20 #Solana validators by TVC.

❕ Less missed credits = better performance.

Leading infrastructure providers:
🥇 Allnodes – 13 validators
🥈 Vorboss – 2 validators
🥉 DedicatedNodes – 2 validators

Full leaderboard: validator.info/solana/leaderb…

Alpenglow is live on #Solana testnet as of epoch 1042 🏔️ TowerBFT is retired on testnet, and voting and finality logic is replaced with Votor. Mainnet 🔜

validator.info/solana/testnet

Thanks to all #TerraClassic validators! 🤝 Terra Classic has been successfully upgraded to v4.0.1-patch.3. The chain halted at block 30,544,730 for the security upgrade and resumed about 25 minutes later.

validator.info/terra-classic