BFD ALERT! -- I'm tracking
@solana
TX confirmation times on
@ValidatorsApp
and starting to see sub-second confirmations with v1.10.25! Follow along here: . While everyone is distracted by the markets, the
@solanalabs
engineers & validators are building!
Solana's integration with
#Filecoin
is a significant move away from centralized storage solutions and a remarkable step towards enhancing the reliability and scalability of the Solana blockchain.
@solana
is utilizing Filecoin to make its block history more accessible and usable
Defi is dead. Long live Defi! The new
@solana
Serum Community Fork is already attracting nice liquidity. Inspiring work by
@skynetcap
,
@m_schneider
, and a cast of dozens to make this happen! The past is officially behind us, LFG!
#defi
Who are the cool cats with the new Solana validator? Jupiter! They’ve got it all: zero % commission, 100% MEV kickback, LSTs. Your delegations will also help make their awesome platform more awesome. Congrats to the
@JupiterExchange
team!
Don’t blame
@solana
for what FTX did!
Nothing is holding us back — It took less than seven days for the community to move from Serum to
@openbookdex
. Let’s put the past behind us and move forward.
#defi
☀️😎
For any of the
#solana
defi teams wiped out by FTX, feel free to DM me. We might be able to provide a grant for shared RPC with
@triton_one
. Good teams deserve a fighting chance. (Serious inquiries only, and only if you got screwed by FTX. Defi only).
Tipping via Jito Bundles is live on
As per the quoted tweet, Jupiter strives to be the best in protecting users from MEV.
Today we are rolling out one more - Tipping via Jito Bundles.
By using Jito Bundles, you will hide your transaction from searchers
Should you pay
@solana
priority fees for quicker token transfers? Yes! 🪡🧵
Over the last 13 hours, my Ping Thing USDC transfers were 3.5 seconds quicker and landed 7.5 slots sooner on average when adding as little as 1 Lamport priority fee.
Hey
@aeyakovenko
, We landed 80% of TXs in the same slot (zero latency) on The Ping Thing today. ⏱️ This is after more improvements to TX sending in the client. //
@solana
@ValidatorsApp
RFC: The collaboration to load Solana block history onto Filecoin is ready for public review & comment! We've solved the data availability + indexes & a demo RPC node. Please review and give feedback on the GitHub repo.
It's Alive!
@triton_one
's new transaction ("TX") delivery network, Cascade, is going into production. We've solved outstanding issues with Solana’s Stake-Weighted Quality of Service (SWQoS) using our new "Jet" software. 🪡🧵
Today,
@helium
moves to
@solana
, and Solana’s stats look great. On the
@ValidatorsApp
Ping Thing, TX confirmation times are about 1.3 seconds. Average slot latency looks good too. I love it when a plan comes together! Welcome Helium to the Solana family.
Don't mind us at
@triton_one
. We're just here quietly, minding our own business and doing things that are f'ing awesome! For one brief, shining 5-minute moment, the
@solana
P50 slot latency was zero. We've got more juice to squeeze, too.
#LFG
!
The knights at
@triton_one
’s roundtable are thrilled to announce a new transaction delivery service called Spamalot. Send us your Solana TXs; we’ll replicate them 2,000 times and send them to ALL validators. For an extra fee, we’ll send your TXs to all the Ethereum nodes, too.
Jupiter is live on the community fork of Serum! The effort to replace Serum with a community-led open-source version started 4 days ago. The order book is in production before it even has a formal name! Naming things is hard. Do you like “Open Book”?
NGL, the way top Solana folks across the stack (program, rpc, cranks, ui, monitoring, mm, taker integration) came together to push the new community clob fills us with endless hope & optimism.
We r live testing the integration rn, will announce it as soon as it’s ready! 🔥
The latest
@JupiterExchange
Metropolis upgrade is a banger! 🎶 I love the steady beat of live token list updates. 🥁, and the token safety warnings will make you dance! 💃. 10/10
The time has come.
Introducing Jupiter Swap V3: Leveraging our new Metropolis liquidity backend to enable Instant Routing, Dynamic Slippage, Smart Token Filtering, Ecosystem Token List and more!
🧵🪐
Speaking of custom indexes,
@triton_one
is proud to introduce our open-source library, Vixen, to create custom parsers & indexes for specific programs, accounts, and transactions. This is part of Project Yellowstone, from Triton with ❤️.
#RPC2
Don’t blame RPC for what the bots did!
I’m tracking
@solana
transaction confirmation times on my
@ValidatorsApp
website. There is heavy congestion on the validator cluster and many TXs are expiring. See real-time status at
#solana
#defi
#serum
It's just another zero-slot latency day on
@solana
. The
@OREsupply
miners are mining, the
#defi
degens are degen-ing, the NFT minters are minting, the dePINers are dePIN-ing, and all is good!
There's Zero to see here.
@solana
transactions are humming with zero slot latency, and confirmation times are just over one second. If you have trouble landing TXs, consider other factors like your CU budget or dynamic Priority Fees. TX quality matters!
#defi
At
@SolanaConf
, you get more than you give. I co-sponsored/co-hosted MEV Camp through
@triton_one
and Block Zero through my Block Logic validator. I also gave nine talks/panels/workshops during the week! In return… 🪡🧵
The team at
@solscanofficial
has marked me as an “Expert Fee Abuser.” I’ll wear that as a badge of honor! I run a community crank for
@openbookdex
and am in the top 10% of all
@solana
fee-payers. The cranks are vital infrastructure for OpenBook, so this is money well spent.
Token launches are disruptive events where demand for block space far exceeds supply. The user experience can be rough at times. We worked with the
@wormhole
team to make some changes to improve the UX for today's launch. 🪡🧵
Armani buried the headline. This matters — “Regulated. Compliant. Unlocking all the convenience and opportunities provided by a modern financial institution.” Congrats!
Lads, the time has come.
We launched Anchor, the framework.
We launched Backpack, the wallet.
We launched xNFTs, the protocol,
We launched Mad Lads, the community.
And now, we launch X.
Remember, devs, you get what you pay for! With account compression, you pay fees to only write to a ledger. The account does not exist on the validator, and there is no guarantee of inclusion for reading. You are responsible for the custom indexes required to read your accounts.
It looks like the
@solana
@metaplex
Candy Machine bot tax is working. Developers, you have more power than you think to discourage bots from abusing your apps. Don’t wait for QUIC — user experience will improve when toxic bots are neutered within the app. Thanks
@0xEdgar
!
Hey
@aeyakovenko
, for shits & giggles, I ran The Ping Thing from an airplane. Confirmation times: 6 seconds; Slot latency: 8. When will the devs do something? ;-)
Kidding aside, Solana is still faster than most other chains from 39,000 ft.
What does
@triton_one
do when faced with TX delivery challenges? We call on the Sea gods! Triton invoked Poseidon’s power to build its new delivery network. 🪡🧵
Hey
@aeyakovenko
, we now have improved resolution for slot latency on the
@ValidatorsApp
Ping Thing. I see many TXs land in the same slot (zero latency).
For all
@solana
devs who see web3.js socket/connection issues,
@WilfredAlmeida_
found the root cause in the `undici` library used by `fetch`. You can see a quick write-up on the
@triton_one
docs site: . Even better, the patch fits in a Xeet! 🪡🧵
For my friends who make high-volume trades on
@solana
, remember to specify `maxRetries: 0` when you send a TX. Arbs need only be tried one time. Either you win, or the opportunity is gone before the next attempt. Less spam means more free block space.
#defi
A huge THANKS to
@_austbot
,
@metaplex
, &
@solanalabs
for this quick fix to the Candy Machine! Network tools alone can’t solve the NFT bot problem. We need smarter program designs like this to create a negative expected-value environment for bots. +1 for better UX too.
#solana
Hey everyone, as you may know bots have been a core contributor to Solana network congestion. Our candy machine has been a point of entry for a lot of these bots so we want to propose a PR that will rekt any bots trying to attack CMV2's. link > (1/4)
The
@solana
network has held up well under the current market mayhem. I've been working with some clients to improve TX delivery. In all cases, they needed to optimize Priority Fees & CUs. If you are having trouble, check. your CUs & PFs!
#DeFi
Time flies! The
@triton_one
team are grinding non-stop on
@solana
RPC 2.0. From this update last April, all RPC upgrades have been in production for months. The Old Faithful project to host the archive on
@Filecoin
is almost done too. We have a lot to talk about at
@SolanaConf
!
1/ We have been quietly building better Solana infrastructure over the last several months. Several projects came together simultaneously, and we are excited to introduce our new services! Please like and RT to spread the word 🪡🧵
Woo Hoo!
@SteveCleanBrook
has joined
@triton_one
to handle community management, marketing, & business development. He’s also an all-around nice guy. Welcome aboard, Steve!
In the last 24 hours, the
@ValidatorsApp
Ping Thing sent 49,021
@solana
transactions, and 100% landed. If you are having trouble with your TXs, you must review 1) Your priority fees and 2) your TX retry strategy. 🪡🧵
Hey
@solana
stakeholders, do you like the idea of receiving your staking rewards in USDC stablecoins? Check out our
@triton_one
private validator! We share 4 revenue streams: inflation, Jito MEV tips, block fees, and Cascade Marketplace revenue*.
20 years ago, I started my first data business with this Powerbook G4 and free Wifi at Starbucks. The business is still doing well. Hanging on to this keepsake.
#Moving
#InternetMuseum
Happy 3rd Birthday to Solana Mainnet! The original proof-of-history blockchain now has its’ own proof of history.
What a wild ride so far. We laughed; we cried; we hurled (after eating glass). Here’s to many more great years — Cheers! 🍻
Heads up,
@solana
family!
@OREsupply
mining starts soon, and I expect the miners to be completely irrational about Priority Fees (PFs). Watch current PFs on our Fee Tracker and be prepared to act quickly to changes.
@aeyakovenko
Toly, I can help as a mentor here. All of the businesses I started were bootstrapped. All of them have grown with customers and employees worldwide. Starting small doesn’t mean you need to stay small. There is a lot of room for private companies in the middle.
My friends at
@jito_labs
are getting some real traction with their
@solana
#MEV
tools. One of their traders gave my Block Logic validator a very generous tip. I encourage all of my validator friends to run Jito too. Unless, of course, you hate free money
Big news for my Block Logic
@solana
validator! Three ways to earn fees:
1) Commission reduced to 5%,
2) Fee sharing from
@jito_labs
client this month, &
3) Revenue sharing from
@triton_one
Pro Trading Centers!
#Breakpoint
🧵🪡
I heard that Serum shut down its RPC fleet today. For any
#solana
#defi
traders looking for dedicated RPC nodes,
@triton_one
can help! We have some servers available for quick delivery. See
#ShamelessPlug
I am organizing/participating in four different Breakpoint events related to
@solana
infrastructure. This is your chance to influence the conversation! What would you like to hear us talk about? All infrastructure topics are fair game. 🪡🧵
I made several new friends at this
@SuperteamUK
event yesterday. We talked about the early days of Solana, plus some cool things happening now. Plenty of laughs, too — 11/10. Support your local
@SuperteamDAO
events. Don’t have a local Superteam? Make one!
What a wild ride. The previous two days have seen insane downward market action, and tonight is the most fun I've had on
@solana
in a very long time. Thanks to
@HardhatChad
&
@OREsupply
for a good time!
#onward
Are you a
@solana
fan but unsure how you can contribute to the project? Write some documentation and submit a Pull Request (PR)! I just submitted a PR to the Solana Cookbook showing how to use the new ComputeBudgetProgram instructions. See my PR here:
Everything Austin said, plus a call to action: please contribute! We would love to see more people running the
@metaplex
DAS API and contributing code to the shared repository. It is not done until anybody can run it. //
#solana
#nft
#cnft
Looks like DAS API is really starting to take off. But please for visibility repost this. Its not a Helius product or a triton product DAS API is a multi team ecosystem spanning api specification that makes reading data from Solana easier.
@heliuslabs
and
@triton_one
both run it
Solana transactions go Brrrrr on
@triton_one
's Cascade Network! We've been making incremental improvements, with more speed improvements to come. Cascade Marketplace comes out of beta next week! Contact
@SteveCleanBrook
or me for details.
Since y’all enjoy sending money to random wallets, you might want to support our community-oriented work on The Ping Thing. Please send SOL to our tip jar: ping6gwBZx1ccMMFyLgkVSupUmujYrFidEXuNRPq989
Thanks for your support! //
@ValidatorsApp
Q: Wen Forex trading on Solana?
A: Yes!
I’m super-happy to see EUROe arrive on
@solana
. EUROe is a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin. EUROe/USDC pairs are now available on
@RaydiumProtocol
&
@orca_so
.
@Kamino_Finance
and other great exchanges soon. Read the full release.
#Defi
Membrane Finance brings the first euro stablecoin to Solana – along with card payments!
Today
@solana
goes multi-currency as fully-backed & compliant euros land on the high performance & low fee blockchain.
Welcome
@StepFinance_
to the
@solana
validator community! Step, one of the OG apps on Solana, have skin in the game and are here for the long run. They are innovators too — commissions earned are used to benefit xSTEP holders. Win twice!
1/
Very excited today to announce the launch of the
@StepFinance_
Validator! We saw several benefits to xSTEP holders, the
@solana
network and additional ways for our community to get involved; so we decided to make it happen!
Read on.😏👇
Today saw an impressive display of skill & dedication from world-class
@solana
infrastructure providers. Thousands of validators & RPC operators restarted thousands of servers while providing a high-performance blockchain user experience. Champions!
BFD Alert! A quick update for QUIC on
@solana
. 95% of validators by active stake are using software version v1.10.32+ required for QUIC.
#Solana
#QUIC
🪡🧵
People keep talking about “Crypto Winter,” but I've never been so busy in my entire life. Lots of great things happening right now!
#solana
#SpringIsComing
For those following along in Discord & Twitter regarding the Solana restart, please be patient. There is sausage being made right now. Nothing is final except that we don’t want to restart into a 100 Gb/s flood of bot traffic. Shut down your bots so we can restart!
#solana
The
@OREsupply
minimum Priority Fee is moving up quickly. 100K microLamports is the bare minimum now, and you'll miss some TXs. You'll need more than 100K PFs to land every TX.
90% of life is just showing up — you can’t experience the magic of
@solana
Hacker Houses from home. This weekend in London 🇬🇧 was one of the best. Special thanks to
@platis_e
&
@pkxro
for flawless event planning!
Solana 🤝 London 🇬🇧
The Solana community made
#HackerHouseLondon
a huge success! Thank you to everyone who shared their ideas, built, and connected.
Make sure to follow and give some love to the teams who pitched at Demo Day today and check out who won 👀👇
Welcome
@exchgART
to the
@solana
validator community! As a leading fine art marketplace on Solana, Exchange has extra skin in the game and will make a great validator. They’re here for the long-term. Delegate SOL now to earn rewards and support their art ecosystem. //
@triton_one
Stake anyone? 🥩
Today is a big step forward for our belief in a more secure, decentralized future for Solana.
Our Validator powered by
@triton_one
is now LIVE, we invite artists and collectors to stake and earn rewards, while contributing to the art ecosystem!
Read more ⬇️
… and last night I saw a TX confirmed in 290ms! I didn’t think that was possible, but it must have landed in the tail end of a block and quickly confirmed in the next. The Ping Thing currently shows 509ms fastest confirmation over the last hour.
Solana Mainnet is absolutely flying this epoch.
Skip rate is down to 8%, frequently seeing 3k+ tps and estimated epoch duration is down to 2d22h, first sub 3 day epoch in months potentially!
Thanks to
@MadLadsNFT
,
@armaniferrante
, &
@yver__
, we all got rugged by a rug within a rug. This fractal rugging is starting to feel like the Inception movie. How many levels deep are we right now? Is there a larger compressed NFT yet to be revealed?
#solana
#nft
@KyleSamani
Dude, there was nothing easy about this. This was some of the chunkiest glass we’ve chewed in a while. However, I’m glad it looked simple. Onward to the next challenge! ;-)
Want to know the Biggest news from
@SolanaConf
?
@SteveCleanBrook
is coming to
@triton_one
! Soon, he’ll take our community management, business development, & marketing to the next level. Turn it up to 11!
I'm on my way home from Amsterdam! The
@SolanaConf
was such an incredible event, by and for incredible people!
A yearly meet-up to look back, to look forward, and to network so we can move this space forward as a collective.
A time to meet your team in person on the top deck of
We must hold ourselves to the highest possible standards for decentralized finance to reach the masses. Defi should be safer than traditional finance. I have huge respect for
@buffalu__
,
@brian_smith_0
, &
@segfaultdoctor
— they made the right call here.
#solana
Jito Labs has decided to suspend the mempool offered through the Jito Block Engine due to negative externalities impacting users on Solana.
The decision has been made after deliberate conversations with the Jito Labs team and key Solana ecosystem stakeholders.
The
@ValidatorsApp
team has been heads-down, ignoring the news, and building a new home page! We now have an animated map with a “beach ball” bouncing around the globe showing the location of the current leader.
#solana
#validators
The potential for this to happen is why I got excited about Solana in the beginning. Retailers can receive point-of-sale electronic payments in seconds without the credit card tax. Moving 3% of revenue to the bottom line is a huge win!
#solana
1 – Solana Pay is already available on Phantom for iPhone! Just tap the icon in the top right of your home screen to scan a Solana Pay QR code.
Lightning fast, decentralized, secure payments with fees so low you can't believe your eyes? Yes please!
It is time to build web3 social media primitives on fast blockchains (
@solana
,
@SuiNetwork
, & others). A standard backend will give a strong network effect for users + allow for experimenting with different models on the front end: User-pays, ad-supported, etc. Who’s on it?
BFD Alert! For anyone who has ever felt “rug’d” by an unannounced Solana feature activation, this is for you. Our good friends at
@saydialect
built a notification service that gives you a heads-up for every feature activation. Thanks to
@aliquotchris
& team for making this happen
1/ Announcing notifications for core
@solana
feature updates!
If you're a validator, developer, or community member who wants to stay in the know, we’ve got you covered
Thanks to
@jacobvcreech
of
@SolanaFndn
&
@brianlong
of
@triton_one
on this rollout
Hey
@7LayerMagik
, yesterday, you asked for a total count of data centers on
@ValidatorsApp
, and we shipped that today.
@solana
validators use 412 different data centers in 195 ASNs. See:
At
@triton_one
, our power users are app teams with PMF traction, & ready to scale up. They've outgrown one-size-fits-all RPCs and require purpose-built pools with low latency, fast queries, and reliable TX delivery. Does this sound like you? Please contact us to schedule a call!