Solana Developers

Let's address a lot of the concerns over the recent SFDP changes. First, what were the changes? - 12-month time within SFDP - Auto-graduation at 300k SOL - 100 Validator max - Run your own validator These changes, as expected, were controversial. There are a lot of assumptions on where this stake will be going after the changes are in place. The job of SFDP has been three-fold: 1. Help bootstrap net new validators 2. Provide a healthy testnet 3. Get some validators testing changes early SFDP has done its job. Testnet exists, validators often find issues early, and a large amount of validators have started from SFDP. Solana is much larger now than when SFDP started. Solana's validator set has matured significantly, has an amazing community, and encounters new challenges that were never conceived of in the beginning. We've had a lot of feedback that SFDP is no longer reactive enough nor provides enough criteria given the ever-changing landscape of Solana. This feedback is heard and leads us to the next stage of delegation with a focus on continuing to improve network health and rewarding ecosystem contributors. SFDP will continue to exist for the newer validators and validators that contribute greatly to network health should also be rewarded. We have historically helped fund huge ecosystem contributors such as Blueshift through delegation outside of SFDP. We delegated to a number of validators that tried Frankendancer first. These among many other delegations are success stories that have both pushed Solana to new heights as well as helped improve network health. We're making a bet that we can be more proactive to future network health concerns, be more reactive to new issues, and help push Solana into this next stage with these changes. If you have feedback on these changes, please let me know. SFDP helped us get to where we are today. These changes are about getting to what comes next.

Security is every app's top priority right now What do Solana apps have available to them today? 1. STRIDE - Free proactive security review available for any project on Solana. STRIDE has helped many project harden their internal security - Request an assessment stride.asymmetric.re/ 2. SIRN - For incident response, SIRN can be used by any Solana protocol to help contain and manage any issues. Being secure and being able to adapt is an edge in this market.