meyerbro

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@Layer_33_ @solana 33

We are Layer33: A collective of 25 independent @Solana validators committed to maintaining network decentralization. Our mission: ensure 33% of stake remains with independent, high-performance operators. 🧵👇

🚀 Introducing solana-validator-ha, our open source, gossip-based high availability (HA) manager for Solana validators. While failover and HA tools exist, they either lack true automation or require extra dependencies and infrastructure that can introduce single points of failure and operational complexity. So we set out to build something different, completely leveraging Solana's own network. 🧵

Impressive work, @orangefincrypto, second MAINNET lockout violation in just 10 days. This time it cost me and others a serious chunk of vote credits. You were warned after the first one and clearly chose to ignore it. Stop testing in production at everyone else’s expense.

Impressed by the depth, transparency, and functionality of @JPoolSolana portals. Clear data, thoughtful UX, and tooling that genuinely raises the bar for the ecosystem. Kudos to the team, outstanding work!

@0xTheDCguy @StarkeFinance And @meyerbro :) … just to be clear…

He also meant @StarkeFinance, but he forgot 😉

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@s4bs94 @TimGarcia0 Thanks mate for explaining. Impressive.

@meyerbro @TimGarcia0 @meyerbro coinbase receives zero foundation stake and those are not all white-label validators.

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@TimGarcia0 @s4bs94 Thanks Tim, let’s see what they say.

@meyerbro I’m not sure on the white label, that’s a questions for @s4bs94 but they’re not a SFDP validator and they do not receive stake from the foundation

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I was trying to push buying a new Mac till the new release. Now, my intel 2020 Mac wasn't able to load Rust Analyzer properly on some builds (eg agave). Was forced to buy Mac M4 Pro Max 2 weeks ago so I could work like a normal person. News this week: apple.com/newsroom/2025/…

It would be great if SFDP validators could transfer or share their “stake entitlement” with other validators, effectively telling SFDP or a pool to delegate their share of stake to a different node of their choice. This could also work within existing stake pools (especially those that received SFDP stake), allowing operators to form cooperative groups. For example, five SFDP validators could combine into one stronger node, receiving 250k SOL total stake while keeping just three servers (mainnet, spare, and testnet) instead of fifteen. They’d spend about 2 SOL in voting fees per epoch instead of 10 SOL, share profits, and rotate operational responsibilities, dramatically cutting costs while keeping everyone active. This approach could help small validators (<150k SOL) survive and stay part of the network instead of being forced out in the coming months. FYI @TimGarcia0

@solblaze_org I’m genuinely disappointed to see unknown nodes being selected like this, while long-standing and reliable validators continue to be overlooked. Some of the newly chosen nodes don’t even seem to need that stake. This was a missed opportunity.

We're excited to announce the second batch of SolBlaze Verified Validators and highlight their unique contributions to the Solana ecosystem! If you didn't make it in this batch, stay tuned for the next batch in the coming weeks. Read on to learn about these validators... 1/23

@HypoNyms @temporal_xyz can you fix your node please? Its giving preference to only your terraswitch buddies and cohosters

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@Austin_Federa @JaredDoubleZero @doublezero Sorry, but we (validators) are paying for the fiber. It’s indeed very expensive. You must understand that the current stake doesn’t pay for your charges. Specially for someone already running at loss… We all want a healthy relationship here.

@meyerbro @JaredDoubleZero @doublezero Of course we care - but the network is extremely expensive. The existing stake pool will make up a significant portion of the costs for validators.

I raised this with @JaredDoubleZero: @doublezero applies fees on total SOL inflow, ignoring validator margins. A 200k staked validator loses ~50% to vote fees before profit even starts. Applying another fee there discourages small validators.

@Austin_Federa @JaredDoubleZero @doublezero Did you read the part where 50% of the costs to run a 200k validator is voting fees. This means that a smaller validator (100k stake for example) is going to run at loss and you will charge commission on their loss. Looks like you guys don’t care. You can wait for alpenglow too.

@meyerbro @JaredDoubleZero @doublezero Fees are on validator revenue. Vote costs are decreasing (and maybe even going to zero with Alpenglow) and also validators now keep 100% of priority fees.

@DynoSolPool @solana I'm very grateful for @DynoSol support! Hoping to see more actions like this from the Solana Community!

Validator Spotlight: Meyerbro ⚡ 🧵 Since 2021, @meyerbro has been more than just a validator; they've been a voice, a guide, and a builder in @solana ecosystem. ✨ Running on high-performance hardware and fortified with strong security, Meyerbro ensures reliability every epoch. 💪But what makes them stand out isn’t just their setup, it's their years of support instrengthening the ecosystem by supporting the community on Discord, helping new validators get started, contributing tools like sv-manager, and advocating for fairer, more decentralized pools. This is why Meyerbro has earned the trust of the community👇