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 software version 1.14.17 being adopted by the mainnet-beta cluster, changes in version 1.14.17, the upcoming solana validator workshop as well as the upcoming community led validator call on May 31st.

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IMPORTANT LINKS
1.14.17 summary: https://forum.solana.com/t/version-1-14-17-release-summary/175
Accounts index: https://forum.solana.com/t/feature-accounts-index-on-disk-1-14-17/190
Compact vote state: https://forum.solana.com/t/feature-compact-vote-state-1-14-17/174
Educational workshop playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86zySQ5vGW8&list=PLilwLeBwGuK6jKrmn7KOkxRxS9tvbRa5p
Squads Protocol for validators: https://docs.squads.so/squads-v3-docs/navigating-your-squad/developers/validators
VAMP: https://github.com/bji/solana-vamp

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CHAT LOGS AND TRANSCRIPTS
https://solanafoundation.notion.site/Community-Validator-Discussion-May-25-2023-b8d15d55fddc43a78e68bc7ba1b5f57d

00:00 Intro
00:38 1.14.17 adopted by mainnet-beta
01:29 1.14 features for validators
03:26 Improved startup times - save state
04:54 1.13 startup time bug
05:35 Compact Vote State Discussion
07:44 Reminder to report bugs
11:58 Testnet updates
13:35 Education workshop validator setup
14:34 Community Led Validator Call
15:26 Quick VAMP overview
16:20 Open Discussion

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Solana Community Validator Discussion - May 25 2023