The Solana validator community discusses validator updates, an upcoming educational workshop in March 2025, Accelerate 2025 in NYC, and three upcoming SIMDs for governance.
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IMPORTANT LINKS
Chat Logs and Transcripts: https://solanafoundation.notion.site/Solana-Foundation-Validator-Discussion-Feb-13-2025-19ad36dad52d8068b645e0be3d17a48e
Feature Gate Tracker: https://github.com/anza-xyz/agave/wiki/Feature-Gate-Tracker-Schedule
Accelerate 2025: https://x.com/pkxro/status/1869422824924021100
SIMD-0123: https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pull/123
SIMD-0218: https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pull/217
SIMD-0228: https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pull/228
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction and Agenda
00:52 Mainnet Beta Updates
03:21 Testnet Updates
06:22 Accelerate 2025
09:02 Validator Education
09:57 Governance Intro
13:22 SIMD 123 – Block Rev Dist
17:55 SIMD 218 – Intermediate Vote Credits
24:38 SIMD 228 – Market Based Emissions
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