Solana’s network took a notable step this week as Firedancer, a validator client developed by Jump Crypto, began running on the mainnet, and markets reacted quickly.
According to Solana’s announcement, the client moved out of a controlled testing phase and is now active for real-world validation.
Traders pushed SOL up about 5%, with the token trading close to $140 during the initial move.
Firedancer Goes Live On Mainnet
During more than 100 days of controlled tests, a small set of validators produced more than 50,000 blocks without downtime, according to reports. Built in C and C++, Firedancer was made to handle heavy workloads and to lower the chance of network interruptions.
Test environments reportedly showed the client processing over 1 million transactions per second, a figure that far exceeds current mainnet throughput.
BREAKING: After 3 years of development, Firedancer is now live on Solana Mainnet, and has been running on a handful of validators for 100 days,
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