Discussions from the Solana Validator Community on operations, upcoming changes, and best practices.

Community Validator Discussions

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The Solana validator community discusses the 1.16 software rollout on the mainnet cluster, proposed changes to the Solana Foundation Delegation Program, an upcoming validator educational workshop on September 6th 2023, MEV Camp (October 29th) and Block 0 (October 30) events at Breakpoint 2023, and the Solana governance initiatives.

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IMPORTANT LINKS
GPF github issue: https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/issues/32940
GPF channel on solana tech discord: #debug-gpf-1_16
Educational workshop playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLilwLeBwGuK6jKrmn7KOkxRxS9tvbRa5p
Breakpoint 2023: https://solana.com/breakpoint
MEV Camp Signup: https://lu.ma/tsh05i9i
Block 0 Signup: https://lu.ma/0k9m99s1
Block 0 Planning: https://hackmd.io/@KFEZk8oMTz6vBlwADz0M4A/HJf8_sEwn
Solana forums for governance: https://forum.solana.com/c/gov/11 
Solana Staking Alliance Discord: https://discord.gg/chqhQ3jSU9

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CHAT LOGS:
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Table of Contents
00:00 Intro and Agenda
00:57 Mainnet Updates - Holding at 10% on 1.16
03:23 Testnet Updates
04:09 SFDP Proposed Changes - Ben Hawkins
09:25 SFDP Q+A
25:08 Validator Educational Workshop September 6th 17:00 UTC
26:14 Breakpoint 2023 Oct 30 - Nov 3
26:40 MEV Camp Oct 29
27:20 Block 0 Oct 30
30:15 Solana Governance
37:42 Comments on SFDP Proposal




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Solana Community Validator Discussion - August 31 2023