Independent PoS validator since 2017 Operating on Solana, Sui, Monad, Walrus. Self-funded, no VC.
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Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
UPDATE: this week’s call is moving to next Thursday, Oct 29, same time (2pm ET). Agenda: hackmd.io/1DFauFMWTZG37-U7CX…
Alpenglow goes live TODAY.
Tomorrow is the first validator community call after it.
On the agenda:
→ Updates from @anza_xyz, Firedancer, @jito, @doublezero
→ SIMD-605: enshrining local fee markets
→ Community Awards at Block Zero
How to join 👇
hackmd.io/@KFEZk8oMTz6vBlwAD…
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
And @ChainflowSol was there, just like we were for the original genesis block on March 16, 2020
While a lot has changed since then, we're
Still here
Still contributing
Still independent
🌞
Alpenglow genesis block formed and the legacy TowerBFT is retired.
Genesis slot: 459,653,000
Activation epoch: 1064
Validators participated: 654
Handoff time: 900ms
explorer.solana.com/block/45…
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
Alpenglow goes live TODAY.
Tomorrow is the first validator community call after it.
On the agenda:
→ Updates from @anza_xyz, Firedancer, @jito, @doublezero
→ SIMD-605: enshrining local fee markets
→ Community Awards at Block Zero
How to join 👇
hackmd.io/@KFEZk8oMTz6vBlwAD…
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
Our new research moves us closer to letting anyone help secure BTC deposited on Alpen.
We survey permissionless challenging on Bitcoin & introduce polynomial soldering: a more scalable, efficient component for challenging the validity of proofs.
HackMD: hackmd.io/@alpen/Skc1C7Rizg
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
P.S. If you stake with us, you don’t need to do anything. Your stake and rewards carry over as normal.
Alpenglow activates at the start of epoch 1064 this Wednesday 🌞
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
BP26 London side events, innit 🇬🇧
Breakpoint is 31 days away and the community calendar is already stacked. 19 side events so far, here's the lot 👇
WEEK BEFORE
1–12 Nov: Solana Hacker House London with @SolanaFndn
THU 12 NOV
🎤 Solana Demo Day, closing out Hacker House with @SuperteamUK
FRI 13 NOV
⚡ 200ms with @jito covering @solana microstructure + DeFi
🧠 Solana Intelligence Summit at Somerset House (invite only)
💜 Purple Table: Women Before Breakpoint with @mewtuta
SAT 14 NOV
🏃 5K community run from Fulham Pier by @445crew
🔧 Scale or Die which is the Dev summit (apply)
⚽ Solana Cup football tournament by @jasonrodrigues
🤝 Founder x VC Summit Demo Day by @BackersStage
SUN 15 NOV · BP DAY 1
☕ Tilt Pay morning coffee with @tiltpay
🧱 BlockZero validator summit by @ChainflowPOS
💻 CodeCup AI x Solana Builder Arena by @CodeCupHQ
📈 48h Trading Battle, online with @TradingBattles and @SuperteamPOL
🍽️ Founder x VC VIP Dinner
MON 16 NOV • BP DAY 2
💳 Licence to Spend with @altitude and @raincards
💸 Money Layer @capviseofficial
🥂 Pr1me finance dinner @ocfinstitute
🎨 Beyond the Frame, an immersive art night at Frameless with @rendernetwork
🍸 New Friendship Tech speakeasy by @EricSpivak
Full calendar in the replies.
See you in London innit! @SolanaEvents
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
chainSOL returns 100% of $SOL commission and MEV to the pool.
This is not a marketing claim, it's actually verifiable on-chain.
51 epochs of returns, every one confirmed.
Stake with a validator that gives it all back. 🌞
chainsol.chainflow.io
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
If the only place you learn about your validator is a Discord thread, you’ll miss it. This week’s Solana Validator Talks 👇
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
High-signal gathering for people working closest to blockchain infrastructure.
Expect discussions on the future of validator networks + technical sessions & open community-led dialogues.
Lock in → dub.sh/blockzero
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
From vote inclusion bugs to identity compromises: A look at the operational challenges Solana validators faced this week.
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
This is why infrastructure analysis on Solana matters. "Onchain" doesn't mean "decentralized."
We support projects with credible paths to decentralization. It's not about where you start, it's about whether you have a transparent plan to get there.
@kdotcrypto @bulktrade
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
We don't run every blockchain that will have us. We run the ones whose incentive design we'd defend in public.
An independent, self-funded operator has one thing a venture-backed one doesn't: no reason to support a network it wouldn't recommend to a delegator. 🌞
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
The first contested vote under Solana's new governance system. Under one Abstain rule, SGP-003 passed. Under the other, it failed. Also this week: 250ms slots, shorter delinquency windows, and Alpenglow moving to October.
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
Nakaflow now puts @Solana's Nakamoto Coefficient at 6.
Not because the network changed, but because we changed how we count.
Most trackers report ~18 by counting validators. Grouping them by the operator actually running them, building on @andreivacariu_'s research, gives 6 operators holding more than a third of stake.
More NC data for proof-of-stake blockchains 👉 nakaflow.io
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
BlockZero returns to London on November 15, part of @Solana Breakpoint community events. Details below👇
BlockZero 2026 is coming to London on Nov 15.
A day for the people running the infrastructure: validators, operators, protocol contributors, and the teams building validator-adjacent tech.
Small by design, attendance is capped and subject to approval.
luma.com/dmxdc394
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
250ms slots activate at epoch 1037.
Also this week: Two validators went offline this week while the validator process was completely healthy.
Full breakdown 👇
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
Living on the edge isn't easy, yet we do it anyway, because pushing limits is necessary to continue improving Solana's performance and resilience.
And our independence allows us to do it.
Because if we don't, who will?
And if nobody does, progress stops.
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
In epoch 1033, the SFDP bot hit a bug and unstaked Foundation stake from every validator running full Firedancer, including ours.
That's the third issue we've run into since moving over. It's the cost of being early, and we'd make the same call again.
Chainflow 🌞 ⚒️ retweeted
also a great read from @ChainflowPOS: chainflow.io/the-layers-of-d…
