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At the Solana Breakpoint conference last week, the atmosphere was lively, ecological product releases followed one after another, and various colorful peripheral activities were the icing on the cake. At this feast, a particularly eye-catching highlight was that the early version of Solana validator client Firedancer officially entered the main network. This milestone achievement was given special attention, symbolizing that Solana network will improve its performance. Achieving a qualitative leap while avoiding the risk of network downtime caused by a single client crash on Solana.

The development process of Firedancer can be traced back to 2021 to 2022. As the second validator client of Solana developed by Jump Trading Group (the original client Agave was developed by Anza), its original design is to eliminate the hidden danger of single point of failure. Enhance the overall robustness and resilience of the network. Unlike the original Rust-based validator, Firedancer is written in C language and does not contain Rust code. This choice significantly reduces the impact of potential vulnerabilities on the entire network and adds another solid line of defense to Solana's security. .