Director of Philanthropy at @pumpkinspool @solana

Omaha, NE
Joined September 2024
Alpenglow is now active on Solana mainnet 🏔️🏔️ Kudos to the engineers at @anza_xyz for years of hard work, to the validator operators in the test clusters, and to everyone who helped make this happen through contributions big and small!
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Jenny Storm retweeted
BULL BREAKING: ⚠️ 151 Solana Validators Still Unprepared for the Alpenglow Upgrade Data from @pumpkinspool shows that 151 validators controlling 20.3% of Solana’s network stake, worth approximately 88.9M $SOL, have yet to prepare for the Alpenglow hard upgrade scheduled for epoch 1064. @anza_xyz and the Solana Foundation have issued advisories warning that validators who fail to migrate will be blocked from voting and producing blocks after the upgrade takes effect. The transition requires validators to upgrade to Agave 4.3.2, activate a BLS key, and fund each vote account with 0.8 $SOL. With a significant share of stake still unprepared, validator readiness is a key factor to watch as Solana approaches this network upgrade.
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The number of validators who aren't ready is higher than before because it now includes validators who haven't upgraded to 4.3.2 - which Anza has recommended for Alpenswitch. About a day and a half left. I think we'll see a lot of validators moving into compliance tomorrow. Track cluster compliance yourself here: pumpkinspool.com/watchtower/…
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Added a client check to this and the results are less than ideal for activation in less than 2 days. Validators - it's go time: - Move to an Agave based client - preferably 4.3.2 - Fund your vote account with at least 0.8 SOL - Make sure you set your BLS pubkey If you need help, please reach out to us on the Solana Tech Discord. pumpkinspool.com/watchtower/…
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41 validators funded their vote accounts since Tuesday. That's good progress, but we still have 95 to go. pumpkinspool.com/watchtower/…
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Anyone notice the sudden spike in validators rugging this epoch? 🤔 rugalert.pumpkinspool.com/ru…
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Monitoring the solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 situation
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It’s concerning that Helius remained delinquent for the full 33-minute outage. Large validators carry significant responsibility, and this raises fair questions about their on-call coverage and incident-response readiness. Company size should enable faster response times, but in practice we see that they are usually slower - and in this case, there was no response at all. We got paged the moment the stake went offline - and we were prepared to coordinate with the cluster. There's no excuse for the largest validators on the chain not reacting to the chain almost halting.
Replying to @MarinadeFinance
8/ Helius is the second biggest validator on Solana. Down the full 33 minutes. Of the 74 we could measure, three came back clean. @laine_sa_ and @Cogent_Crypto both @solstrategies, plus Lion3d.
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All my crypto bros, markets are down but you can be grateful that you’re not pmsing at the same time…yall wouldn’t survive the emotions
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Things are getting fun now. I am literally praying for Solana at $30 and BTC at like 45k. Some alts will look great too with BTC at those prices. This is one of the biggest buying opportunities you will have in this entire bear market. The buying window has started. These are the generational opportunities that will help you make it in life and retire your family. I know it because I lived this same shit in now 3 cycles with Solana. It just works. Conviction works. Ignore all the drama and crying on the timeline. Ignore all the “hype flipped solana” bullshit. Stay sharp and patient. DCA in what you believe in and stop consuming so much dumb ct content. This may be it my friend. This can be that huge win that you prayed for. Lock the fuck in my brothers n sisters. Manifesting abundance for every single one of you. You truly deserve this and more. Claim what’s yours.
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This past February, Pumpkin’s Pool teamed up with Dundee Elementary for a donation that was all about kids helping cats. Dundee’s Student Council and Kindness Club collected boxes of supplies for Felius Cat Cafe, then brought them over in person. The students got to spend time at the cafe, meet the cats, and learn how Felius takes cats in, cares for them, and helps them find homes. We also made our monthly donation to Felius via the Solana blockchain! It took some time to onboard them to accept payments on Solana, but it was worth the wait! Seeing kids show up with donations for shelter cats was awesome. Being able to pair that with an on-chain donation made it even better!
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SolanaFloor is back. As of today, we are thrilled to announce that SolanaFloor has been acquired by @jito and will resume operations under the Jito Foundation’s ownership while maintaining full editorial independence. After announcing a wind-down in February 2026 following an exploit tied to our parent organization, we explored external financing and acquisition options. However, the team was unable to secure a viable path forward at the time, leaving a gap in independent coverage of onchain activity across the Solana ecosystem. Now, we can resume operations. While SolanaFloor will operate under Jito Foundation ownership, all editorial decisions including story selection, data presentation, and coverage priorities will remain fully independent of Jito Foundation’s activities, partnerships, and interests. The mission remains unchanged: documenting the ongoing rise of the Solana ecosystem and providing clear, unbiased research and journalism. It’s a critical time for the chain. Spot $SOL ETFs have crossed $1B in AUM. The ecosystem is gradually institutionalizing. New DeFi tools and integrations emerge every day. The need for independent Solana coverage has never been more apparent. “When SolanaFloor went dark, the ecosystem lost something difficult to replace,” said @brian_smith_0 , President of Jito Foundation. “This acquisition is about filling the gap with a platform that operates from a position of editorial independence. Jito has a long term stake in the health of the Solana ecosystem, and that means investing in the infrastructure and public goods that keeps the community informed.” Additional details on the relaunch -- including editorial structure, commercial offerings, and team updates -- will be shared soon.
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Numbers don't lie, Solana generating 54x more txn volume than ethereum is diabolical IBRL
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We made it into Shinobi's performance pool and won the "Consensus Masters: Best Consensus Voting Percentage" award! xshin.fi/#Validators?pubkey=…
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Excited to welcome @pumpkinspool as the latest BAM validator! 💥
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If you spend time with losers you’re gonna be a loser Get away from the losers Get away from the no hopers Get away from the woe is mers Get away from the negative people These people will drag you down to the bottom and you won’t make it
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This man is doing the Lords work. Protect him at all costs; for the sake of our industry.
.@NickyScanz describes the goal of @Layer_33_: secure 33% of Solana stake on independent validators Since launch 2 weeks ago, they're 12% towards that goal
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s/o to my fav validator team @pumpkinspool and @Jpumpkinspool 🐱
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Collect ‘em all. 😍
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When we all give a little, we can do a lot 🫶🏻 Join our upcoming charity game during @SolanaConf — a global activation that inspires daily movement and raises funds for a great cause! Every $10 entry acts as a donation to @outruncancer All players earn 2x XP and get a chance to split sponsored prizes from @bonk_inu, @pumpkinspool, and @RaviMonke by consistently hitting the daily goal from Dec 11–13
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