Some doubted the decentralization of the network due to the covert distribution of the patch.
Albert addressed that a security hole necessitated the deployment of a patch.
At a Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) 2024 panel, Dan Albert, executive director of the Solana Foundation, pushed back against accusations that the Solana network is not decentralized, arguing that the capacity to coordinate a patch does not indicate that the network is centralized.
The specifics of a serious vulnerability that might have stopped the network were revealed by Solana validator Laine on August 9th. Behind the scenes, the fix was managed by the validators. Who claimed that an attacker might use the vulnerability’s disclosure to take the network down via reverse engineering. Some doubted the decentralization of the network due to the covert distribution of the patch. And the cooperation that went into it.
Coordination Over a Bug Fix
Moreover, at the KBW 2024, Albert addressed a query by saying t
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